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Date:      Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:47:40 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Dan Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Modifying FILE to add lock
Message-ID:  <20001129104740.L8051@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <3A254710.ED8B2C26@vigrid.com>; from eischen@vigrid.com on Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 01:12:32PM -0500
References:  <3A254710.ED8B2C26@vigrid.com>

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* Dan Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> [001129 10:11] wrote:
> Is there any objection to modifying struct __sFILE in stdio.h
> to add a lock.  I am think we need to do this for libpthread.
> This should let us eliminate the _THREAD_SAFE macro.

I have no objection as long as you bump the shared lib version
from -stable.  This would be a great time to do it.

While you're at it adding one to DIR structs would be very helpful
for fixing our threadsafeness with DIR handles.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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