f_offset

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Apr 14 07:00:30 UTC 2008


In message <20080413131422.V959 at desktop>, Jeff Roberson writes:

>However, f_offset is fetched and set with a shared vnode lock for readers.

"fetched AND set" with a shared lock ?

How can that possibly work out sanely ?

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