[krbdev.mit.edu #7804] krb5_cc_retrieve_cred_seq manipulates KRB5_TC_OPENCLOSE in a non-threadsafe way
Greg Hudson via RT
rt-comment at krbdev.mit.edu
Mon Dec 16 15:01:31 EST 2013
The OPENCLOSE flag is intended to be a matter of optimization, not
correctness. Another thread using the already-open file shouldn't
generally be a problem; it will just be a little faster. Are you seeing
a more severe issue than this?
(I can think of a scenario where there are two overlapping
krb5_cc_retrieve_cred_seqs running in different threads, and when the
first one finishes, it turns the OPENCLOSE flag back on, causing the
other thread to run less efficiently. But I still don't see that causing
a user-visible problem, just an efficiency issue.)
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