linux-kernel - file offset corruption on 32-bit machines?

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Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0804081101430.28938@math.ut.ee>
Date:	Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:05:47 +0300 (EEST)
From:	Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
To:	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: file offset corruption on 32-bit machines?

Jeff Robertson analyzes the behaviour of different operating systems' 
64-bit file offset implementation and concludes that on 32-bit 
machines, Linux and Solaris lack any locking to keep the two 32-bit 
halves in sync and this could cause rare file offset corruption.

http://jeffr-tech.livejournal.com/21014.html

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Meelis Roos (mroos@...ux.ee)
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