Re: [patch] fix mkdir(NULL) in gnome_metadata

[Darin Adler <darin bentspoon com>]

On Thursday, August 30, 2001, at 08:23  PM, Miguel de Icaza wrote:

> > Oops. Should just be "database", not "database ()".
> >
> > This explains the strange stat(NULL) that Alex Larsson was seeing in
> > Nautilus. I also worry that the constant locking and unlocking on every
> > call to gnome_metadata_get may make Nautilus do excessive I/O, but that'
> > s
> > an issue for another time.
>
> You can actually lock the metadata database yourself before any
> metadata operations, do all your reads and unlock it to avoid this.
>
> GMC does that for its desktop directory I believe.

Your patch to Nautilus sprinkled gnome_metadata_get calls in various 
places. I'm not sure where to put the lock and unlock calls.

I think the structure of Nautilus may be unusual enough that it's hard to 
get this aspect right. But I'll look into it eventually.

    -- Darin