Re: VFS locking: f_pos thread-safe ?

Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-02-06T20:56:40Z

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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 17:09:17 -0300, Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net> said:

> Hmm, "all, but the f_pos read-modify-write" sounds more like how
> an insurance company would define "all" :-)
>
> What's puzzling here is that the standard would introduce such an
> important concept in the discussion of threads.

Well... it's the sort of problem that's very Schrodenger unless you have
another thread/process observing.

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