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Subject: kern/8011: libc_r does not have pread() or pwrite() interfaces
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>Number:         8011
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       libc_r does not have pread() or pwrite() interfaces
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep 21 08:40:01 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Robert M. Fleischman
>Organization:
HighWind Software, Inc.
>Release:        3.0
>Environment:
% uname -a
FreeBSD zonda.highwind.com 3.0-19980831-SNAP FreeBSD 3.0-19980831-SNAP #0: Mon Aug 31 14:03:19 GMT 1998     root@make.ican.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
libc_r has no "pread()" or "pwrite()" interfaces.

Without these calls, it is difficult to do threaded offset based reads
and writes. Adding these two interfaces would be a HUGE win for threaded
applications.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
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