linux-kernel - Re: Update of file offset on write() etc. is non-atomic with I/O

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Date:	Tue, 4 Mar 2014 21:11:02 +0100
From:	Cedric Blancher <cedric.blancher@...il.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Update of file offset on write() etc. is non-atomic with I/O

On 4 March 2014 00:39, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 03:23:55PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>> This just uses a "flags" field, and we currently only have two bits
>> that we use: FDPUT_FPUT and FDPUT_POS_UNLOCK. The first patch knows
>> that "fget_light()" writes 0/1 for that, which is the same as the
>> FDPUT_FPUT bit. I didn't bother to comment on it or clean it up, since
>> the second patch just removes that whole fget_light() mess.
>>
>> Comments?
>
> do_sendfile() is also there and this one is even more unpleasant ;-/
> We probably can ignore that one (until POSIX learns of its existence),
> thouhg...

I've forwarded your request to the Austin Group (who manage the POSIX stuff).

Ced
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Cedric Blancher <cedric.blancher@...il.com>
Institute Pasteur
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