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Date:      Sun, 20 Sep 1998 12:29:14 +0000
From:      Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, rotel@indigo.ie
Cc:        info@highwind.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, jb@cimlogic.com.au
Subject:   Re: HighWind products
Message-ID:  <199809201129.MAA00530@indigo.ie>
In-Reply-To: <199809200926.CAA13557@usr06.primenet.com>; Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>

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On Sep 20,  9:26am, Terry Lambert wrote:
} Subject: Re: HighWind products
> > } Subject: Re: HighWind products
> > 
> > Looks like readdir() is MT safe anyhow.
> 
> Only if you use seperate DIR descriptors per thread.

Yeah, thats a good point, I expect this would be the scenario in
most programs, but I can think of some where it wouldn't.  It means
that implementing readdir_r() is as easy as wrapping readdir() with
a lock though.

Niall

-- 
Niall Smart, rotel@indigo.ie.
Amaze your friends and annoy your enemies:
echo '#define if(x) if (!(x))' >> /usr/include/stdio.h

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