Re: [PATCH] t9010: Open backflow FIFO once to work around kernel race condition

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Quick first impressions:
>
> Anders Kaseorg wrote:
>
>> Sidestep this problem by opening the backflow FIFO once for
>> read+write.
>
> Is that portable?

If you mean [n]<>word, it probably is, even though it is somewhat
unusual and I wouldn't be surprised if implementations get wrong.

>>             Also, replace the stream FIFO with a shell pipe so we
>> don’t have to do manual process management.
>
> Doesn't this mean we wouldn't notice if test-svn-fe crashes?

Very good point.
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