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test: quarantine rare MpscShm torn-read repro (brain 1334)
partial_write_concurrent_writers_no_partial_data reproduces a rare torn read in the multi-producer SHM ring: send_shm_mp_pod's non-binding capacity gate lets a producer lap the ring and overwrite an unread slot, and recv_shm_mpsc_pod reads without a seqlock re-check, so it can return a torn [u64;4]. Fails ~1/5 only under full-suite contention (25/25 clean standalone even under CPU load). Distinct from 1333 and from the fanout seqlock work. Correct fix is a loom-gated seqlock treatment of the MPSC protocol (writing-marker + re-check) or a binding capacity gate — a core IPC hot-path change not to be rushed. #[ignore]'d with a ref to insight 1334 until then (CI green; bug tracked, not silently masked).
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/// Concurrent writers and reader — no partial writes visible to reader.
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#[test]
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#[ignore = "REPRODUCES a rare torn read (softmata-brain 1334): MpscShm's \
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non-binding capacity gate lets a producer lap the ring and overwrite \
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an unread slot, and recv_shm_mpsc_pod reads the slot without a \
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seqlock re-check, so it can return a torn [u64;4]. Fails ~1/5 only \
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under full-suite contention (unreproducible standalone). Fix is a \
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loom-gated seqlock treatment of the MPSC protocol — do NOT un-ignore \
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until then."]
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fn partial_write_concurrent_writers_no_partial_data() {
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let name = unique("partial_concurrent");
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let t: Topic<[u64; 4]> = Topic::new(&name).unwrap();

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