Photo ID race condition

[Dmitri]

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On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 09:54, Keith Ray wrote:

> There is a (non-security) race condition in the photo ID code under
> Windows.  If the user has a slow loading image viewer (ie. Mozilla), GnuP=
G could
> delete the temp file before the viewer finishes initializing.  I can thin=
k of a
> number of solutions:
>=20
> 1. Wait for the viewer to exit before returning to GnuPG.

GnuPG actually won't stop running. But this seems to be the right
solution. See CreateProcess() and OpenProcess() here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=3D/library/en-us/dllproc/=
prothred_9dpv.asp

> 2. Insert a delay between exec_read() and exec_finish().  Then again, on =
a slow
> system with little RAM, how much is enough?

Fudge factor works only in 27% of all cases ;-)

> 3. Delay deleting the temp files until GnuPG exits.

Dmitri


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