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@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2014-11-06 Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> + * manual/llio.texi: Add comment that write safety has been + fixed in Linux. + * elf/Makefile (all-built-dso): Add $(common-objpfx)elf/ld.so. (localplt-build-dso): Add elf/ld.so. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/localplt.data: Add ___tls_get_addr diff --git a/manual/llio.texi b/manual/llio.texi index 393ddf3..4f3fada 100644 --- a/manual/llio.texi +++ b/manual/llio.texi @@ -491,6 +491,11 @@ When the source file is compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a @c @c So we mark it thread safe, it doesn't blow up, but you might loose @c data, and we don't strictly meet the POSIX requirements. +@c +@c The fix for file offsets racing was merged in 3.14, the commits were: +@c 9c225f2655e36a470c4f58dbbc99244c5fc7f2d4, and +@c d7a15f8d0777955986a2ab00ab181795cab14b01. Therefore after Linux 3.14 you +@c should get mostly MT-safe writes. The @code{write} function writes up to @var{size} bytes from @var{buffer} to the file with descriptor @var{filedes}. The data in @var{buffer} is not necessarily a character string and a null character is |