Re: [CFR] reflect resolv.conf update to running application

From: Alexander Leidinger (Alexander_at_Leidinger.net)
Date: 08/21/05

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    Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 11:54:54 +0200
To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>

    On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:37:56 +0100 (BST)
    Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> wrote:

    > (2) By reading the configuration file more frequently and more quickly
    > after a change, we increase the chances of a race condition in which
    > the resolve reads a partially written resolv.conf file during an
    > update. Does this happen in practice? I've always been very leery of
    > re-reading configuration files automatically based on a time-stamp, as
    > updates to files are not atomic at all.

    Can kqueue be used instead of polling?

    Bye,
    Alexander. 

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