From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from endymion.arp.harvard.edu (endymion.arp.harvard.edu [140.247.179.94]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8AC20385E017 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:03:17 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 8AC20385E017 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=huarp.harvard.edu Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=allen@huarp.harvard.edu Received: from [192.168.7.24] (pool-74-104-152-231.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [74.104.152.231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by endymion.arp.harvard.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 07F886C094F; Thu, 26 Mar 2020 12:03:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Sv: Named pipes and multiple writers To: Ken Brown , cygwin@cygwin.com References: <1b1401d60296$2769e690$763db3b0$@gmail.com> <716e2076-f607-454e-2723-937c3959e2a3@cornell.edu> <18be01d602ab$0bbfca30$233f5e90$@gmail.com> <35b43b59-6410-f21f-710c-385e39cbae0b@cornell.edu> <18b661e1-e8f5-bcc6-0211-e39c383c1580@cornell.edu> From: Norton Allen Message-ID: <73d9c583-acf7-08bb-c034-e30b29898ca0@huarp.harvard.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 12:03:16 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <18b661e1-e8f5-bcc6-0211-e39c383c1580@cornell.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40, KAM_ASCII_DIVIDERS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:03:18 -0000 On 3/26/2020 11:11 AM, Ken Brown via Cygwin wrote: > > BTW, I've been working on adding support for multiple readers.  I > expect to have a first cut ready within a week or two.  Would you have > any use for that?  If so, I could revive the topic/fifo branch and > push my patches there for you to test. > Ken, what are the semantics for multiple readers? Do all readers see the same data,  or is it first come first served or something else? -- ============================================================= Norton Allen (he/him/his) Software Engineer Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences 12 Oxford St., Link Bldg. (Office 282) Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: (617) 998-5553 =============================================================