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From: Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 21:53:31 +0000
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Subject: Re: [9fans] create/create race
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On 30 November 2016 at 21:51, Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com>
wrote:

> that the whole path name is re-evaluated 3 times


That doesn't happen with the current implementation, because it walks to
the parent directory, does the create/open etc at that point with a
reference held.

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On 30 November 2016 at 21:51, Charles Forsyth <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:charles.forsyth@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">charles.forsyth@gma=
il.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"=
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le path name is re-evaluated 3 times</blockquote></div><br>That doesn&#39;t=
 happen with the current implementation, because it walks to the parent dir=
ectory, does the create/open etc at that point with a reference held.</div>=
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