Re: pidfile_open incorrectly returns EAGAIN when pidfile is locked

From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:21:02 +0100
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 10:11:07AM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Hi--
> 
> On Mar 14, 2013, at 9:50 AM, John Baldwin wrote:
> > On Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:29:58 pm Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> 
> [ ... ]
> >> Heh, I did consider that as well, but here you check errno twice,
> >> instead of once. Guys, is there anything wrong with the patch I
> >> proposed?
> > 
> > I'm sure the compiler can work that out just fine and it should do whatever
> > is most readable to the programmer.  I don't care either way.
> 
> Strong +1.  Having the code be correct and readable is much more important
> then trying to hand-optimize a single-digit # of integer compares in
> startup code that usually runs ~once per process.

Well, I think my version is more obvious, just the diff is larger.
Anyway, I think enough has been said already about this crucial change:)

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