On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Karsten Blees <karsten.bl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Am 13.02.2014 19:38, schrieb Zachary Turner: > >> The only reason ReOpenFile is necessary at >> all is because some code somewhere is mixing read-styles against the same >> fd. >> > > I don't understand...ReadFile with OVERLAPPED parameter doesn't modify the > HANDLE's file position, so you should be able to mix read()/pread() however > you like (as long as read() is only called from one thread).
That is, apparently, a bald-faced lie in the ReadFile API doc. First implementation didn't use ReOpenFile, and it crashed all over the place. ReOpenFile fixed it. Stefan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
