From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 10 14:42:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA01320 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 14:42:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA01312 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 14:42:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sprice@hiwaay.net) Received: from localhost (sprice@localhost) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id QAA28989; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 16:42:13 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 16:42:13 -0600 (CST) From: Steve Price To: "Richard Seaman, Jr." cc: "hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: pread/pwrite In-Reply-To: <199812102157.PAA27463@ns.tar.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-ID: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Can you send this patch as a followup to kern/8011? Seems someone else has an interest in this too and may be able to help you test it. -steve On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Richard Seaman, Jr. wrote: # On Thu, 10 Dec 98 15:56:01 -0600, Richard Seaman, Jr. wrote: # # >I don't know if there is any interest in X/Open pread, pwrite # >calls. Essentially, they implement atomic seek/write and # >atomic seek/read calls. They are more useful in threaded # >apps where you would need a file lock between a seek/write # >or seek/read, but even in single threaded apps can allow # >you to avoid a syscall. # > # >Attached is an implementation. If there is interest, and # >if the implementation meets with approval, I'll submit # >a PR. Or, perhaps someone would want to commit it directly. # > # >I welcome any comments. # # Whoops. Forgot the attachment. # # To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message