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

Jonathan Nieder [off-list ref] writes:

Hi,

Quick first impressions:

Anders Kaseorg wrote:

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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.

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            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.