14 Dec
2011
14 Dec
'11
8:27 a.m.
Thanks for the tips. What should one do if one detects
a partial write? Is it best to have integrity checks on both ends of the ringbuffer?
Avoid them. There should be some calls for checkRingBufferWriteSpace(), make sure it is
large enough to cater for your object size. You still have a few hoops and jumps to go
through if the buffer is filling up but it is definitely going to be easier that catering
for partial writes. Consider also logging messages when it is full and if it happens (too
much or in my opinion at all) then look into why the reader is going too slow. If it is a
general issue then you need to rearchitect what you are doing, if it is just a transient
issue then bang more capacity on the ringbuffer.
Regards, nick.