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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:36:29 +0200 From: Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@....jussieu.fr> To: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Write is not atomic? > You don't check return code here, does write succeed at all? Yes, both writes return 6. > Does it ever produce e.g. OuOuilleille No. > (as this is what atomicity is about here)? I was referring to the claim that under Linux writing and adjusting the file offset are performed as an atomic step, not to the atomicity of the write operation itself. -- Juliusz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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