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From"Manfred Spraul" <>
Subject2.3.7: generic_write_page(): O_APPEND & inode->i_size not SMP safe
DateMon, 21 Jun 1999 23:03:08 +0200
1) if 2 threads write to an O_APPEND file, then they could write to the same
address:
pos is set to i_size before releasing the kernel lock, but multiple writers
could be in the middle part of generic_write_page().
We could increase i_size before releasing the kernel lock, but what if a
user mode process calls sys_write() with a bad pointer?

2) setting inode->i_size is not SMP safe.

generic_file_read():
1924 if (pos > inode->i_size)
1925 inode->i_size = pos;
1926
Btw, does the POSIX standard make any guarantees about the atomicity of
sys_write()?

--
Manfred



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