Hi Ray, > Does that imply that true reading parallelism, i.e., multiple processes > reading the same file, is no longer possible? > Or does the recursive lock operate solely on thread level?
It's at the thread level only. Multiple processes can still read the same file using any mechanism (MPI, multiprocessing, etc.), provided it's not open for writing anywhere. Andrew _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://mail.lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5
