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From: Oliver Neukum <Oliver.Neukum@lrz.uni-muenchen.de>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 16:31:35 +0200
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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 ?

	TIA
		Oliver
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