Re: parallel writes to the same file, 2.3.7

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:01:21 +0100 (BST)

> Until 2.3.7 all file writes were serialized by the 'inode semaphore', ie.
> one big write excluded all other writers until the big write finished.

Is this true for char devices too. If so its a welcome change but there
are a lot of drivers that need fixing 8)

Alan

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