On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 10:15:31PM +0100, Bram Moolenaar wrote: >>> Can you write a test for this? >> >> I don't know how. It's a race condition which is difficult to >> reproduce (file must not exist during mch_stat, but exist during >> mch_open). > > I think you can simulate this by creating the viminfo.tmp file with no > access for the current user. Then mch_stat() fails but creating the > file also fails.
This won't work. Stating a file succeeds even without read access. Preventing write access to the directory would work for the first part (mch_stat and mch_open fail) but then the rename step would fail. Regards Simon -- + privacy is necessary + using gnupg http://gnupg.org + public key id: 0x92FEFDB7E44C32F9 -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
