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Date:      Wed, 29 Nov 2000 13:54:55 -0500 (EST)
From:      Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
Cc:        Dan Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Modifying FILE to add lock
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.1001129134930.20431A-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <20001129104740.L8051@fw.wintelcom.net>

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On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> * Dan Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> [001129 10:11] wrote:
> > Is there any objection to modifying struct __sFILE in stdio.h
> > to add a lock.  I am think we need to do this for libpthread.
> > This should let us eliminate the _THREAD_SAFE macro.
> 
> I have no objection as long as you bump the shared lib version
> from -stable.  This would be a great time to do it.

This would only be in -current (where the library versions have
already been bumped) and for our new libpthread.

> While you're at it adding one to DIR structs would be very helpful
> for fixing our threadsafeness with DIR handles.

Thanks!  I missed that one.

-- 
Dan Eischen



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