On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 05:49:11PM +0100, David Laight wrote: > > No, since in general the file is also being extended (certainly in > > this case it is) it also has to lock the file size, and that's going > > to deny stat() until it's done. > > A stat request during a write can safely return the old size.
Yes it can, if it has it. Hence "multiversion"... -- David A. Holland dholl...@netbsd.org