Re: [PATCH 2/3] Support for partial HTTP transfers

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sep 27, 2005, 17:09 UTC
Message-ID: <7v1x3a309u.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050927153636.GA1377@reactrix.com>

Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com> writes:

> The way I understand this sequence, one and two will not be writing to
> the same file.  When two unlinks tmpfile, one will still be able to 
> write to its local, but the body of the file that one is writing will
> be removed when it closes local.

True. What I meant by "interesting" is that two is reading from what one is writing.

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>> Not that I think the multiple instances should be prevented at
>> this low level --- if they stomp on each other at this level, it
>> is very likely the they are doing duplicated work on the network
>> side as well, and should be prevented from doing so at much
>> higher level than this, I think.  That's why I said I do not
>> mind BKL upfront in git-fetch.sh.
>
> True, is that something I should include with the partial patch?

No.