[Fontconfig] Re: [patch]: mmapping FontConfig data structures

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> Please make sure this doesn't have race conditions when using /tmp or
> TMPDIR.
>
> Maybe use O_EXCL (with open(2)) when creating, but that may not be good
> enough for some network-based filesystems.

/tmp is local on all known systems.

> And don't use 666 for creating the file. If I overlooked or misunderstood
> something, please let us know.
>
>  Jeremy C. Reed

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