Re: Buffer busy wait clarification

"Chintu" <agarwalp_at_eeism.com> wrote:
> If Buffer busy wait indicates that "multiple process are trying to
> access a buffered block simultaneously". How can segment header
> (freelist contention) can be a reason for this. ? Segment Header is
> there in the physical files. How can this cause BUFFER busy wait.

You can't do anything with a segment header while it is merely in the physical file. If you are going to do something with it, it needs to be buffered, just like other blocks do.

Xho

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