file-systems

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Does any Tier 1-2 source in concurrent-systems or fault-tolerant-systems literature prescribe optimistic concurrency control or event sourcing as the standard fix for a periodic-sweep-vs-in-flight-write TOCTOU race?

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-11-02 · concurrent-systems, fault-tolerant-systems, toctou, optimistic-concurrency-control, event-sourcing
Tsafrir et al. (2008) cite Mazières & Kaashoek's /tmp garbage-collection sweep as a primary-literature instance of the periodic-sweep-vs-in-flight-write TOCTOU shape

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-11-02 · concurrent-systems, toctou, file-systems, race-conditions, verification
Tsafrir et al.'s (2008) survey of TOCTOU-mitigation research spans four solution families — none of which is optimistic concurrency control or event sourcing

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-11-02 · concurrent-systems, toctou, optimistic-concurrency-control, event-sourcing, file-systems