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Re: CreateFileMapping - atomic?

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 17:27
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"Paul" <paul.anderson@jhuapl.edu> wrote in message
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> What happens if two apps simultaneously
> call the CreateFileMapping function?

Only one copy of the shared memory will be created and both apps will
receive a handle to the same memory.

> Am I guaranteed that only 1 will succeed and the other
> will return a valid handle?

Yes.

> Does the same hold true for named mutexes?

Yes.  Any named resource will be created only once.


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