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author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2012-08-05 18:17:55 -0400 |
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committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2012-08-05 18:17:55 -0400 |
commit | 108e14bb189fd0fb291d3494f9f3915070a7052e (patch) | |
tree | 6b216028b05174e69ff5adea75182dec618b1619 /src/libstore | |
parent | 6763084ae53fc0228d50ab94bbbced89c1b14f1c (diff) | |
download | guix-108e14bb189fd0fb291d3494f9f3915070a7052e.tar.gz |
Fix race condition when two processes create the same link in /nix/store/.links
Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstore')
-rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/optimise-store.cc | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc b/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc index c05447f4a2..b9b878d2a4 100644 --- a/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc +++ b/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc @@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ void LocalStore::optimisePath_(OptimiseStats & stats, const Path & path) /* Nope, create a hard link in the links directory. */ makeMutable(path); MakeImmutable mk1(path); - - if (link(path.c_str(), linkPath.c_str()) == -1) + if (link(path.c_str(), linkPath.c_str()) == 0) return; + if (errno != EEXIST) throw SysError(format("cannot link `%1%' to `%2%'") % linkPath % path); - - return; + /* Fall through if another process created ‘linkPath’ before + we did. */ } /* Yes! We've seen a file with the same contents. Replace the |