Hi,
Opening a FIFO for WR_ONLY should release a previously blocked RD_ONLY
open. I suspect this is not guaranteed on a heavily loaded Linux box.
Consider fs/fifo.c (of 2.6.13-rc6-git4) and its wait_for_partner() and
wake_up_partner() functions. I think wait_for_partner()'s while loop
never exits, *iff* the writer, after opening the FIFO, closes it before
the reader gets scheduled. Shouldn't the writer's open() block until
the reader's open() is done?
Teemu
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