> I completely agree. If one thread writes A and another writes B then the > kernel should record either A or B, not ((A & 0xffffffff00000000) | (B & > 0xffffffff))
The problem is pretty nasty unfortunately. To solve it properly I think the file_operations->read/write prototypes would need to be changed because otherwise it is not possible to do atomic relative updates of f_pos. Right now the actual update is burrowed deeply in the low level read/write implementation. But that would be a huge impact all over the tree :/ Or maybe define a new read/write64 and keep the default as 32bit only-- i suppose most users don't really need 64bit. Still would be a nasty API change. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
