Messages in this thread | | | From | "Stephen C. Tweedie" <> | Date | Tue, 22 Jun 1999 20:26:05 +0100 (BST) | Subject | Re: 2.3.7: generic_write_page(): O_APPEND & inode->i_size not SMP safe |
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Hi,
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 23:03:08 +0200, "Manfred Spraul" <masp0008@stud.uni-sb.de> said:
> Btw, does the POSIX standard make any guarantees about the atomicity of > sys_write()?
The rules are fairly relaxed in general, but it does make specific guarantees about O_APPEND atomicity.
--Stephen
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