Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: parallel writes to the same file, 2.3.7 | Date | Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:01:21 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Until 2.3.7 all file writes were serialized by the 'inode semaphore', ie. > one big write excluded all other writers until the big write finished.
Is this true for char devices too. If so its a welcome change but there are a lot of drivers that need fixing 8)
Alan
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