Messages in this thread | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | Date | Sat, 28 Oct 2000 16:31:35 +0200 | Subject | question on SMP and read()/write() |
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Hi,
I've noticed that sys_read() and sys_write() don't grab the big kernel lock. As file descriptors may be shared, must device drivers provide SMP safe read() and write() methods ?
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