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Re^3: File Locking

by Anonymous Monk
on May 07, 2008 at 21:58 UTC ( [id://685336]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Re: File Locking
in thread File Locking

If you're pretty sure the friend is not on the list, then locking the file exclusive for the entire operation is a good idea.

However, locking the file in LOCK_EX (instead of LOCK_SH) will limit the concurrency of the operation to 1. So if you just want to check if they are (not) on the list, a shared lock will scale better. Check again after you get an exclusive lock, to avoid race conditions. (For even better scalability, use a database.)

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Re^4: File Locking
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 23, 2011 at 13:15 UTC

    OPTIMIST (likely to find the item in the list): Start with a shared lock, and without unlocking, "promote" to an exclusive lock once not found; make sure there is a timer on the attempt to prevent a deadlock, and if the timer goes off then unlock and retry from the top.

    PESSIMIST (unlikely to find the item in the list): Use the exclusive lock from the beginning.

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