Re: A libio patch

[hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)]

> 
> > This is needed by VSX-PCT. It is how TET used by VSX-PCT works.
> 
> With a subtle change like this, please always describe the specific
> behavior that you consider erroneous and are attempting to fix.  POSIX.1

It is in the comments of my patch. Consider


	FILE *fp = fopen ("foo", "a+");

	if (fork () == 0)
	  {
	    fprintf (fp, "hello world");
	    fclose (fp);
	  }
	else
	  {
	     wait for child to exit.
	     fseek (fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
	     fgets (buf, len, fp);
	     printf ("%s\n", buf);
	     fclose (fp);
	  }

What should the parent get from "fp"?

> gives a precise set of rules for when streams and fds must be in synch, and
> it can be a grave performance hit to force them into synch at other times
> when it is not strictly required.  An fseek or fsetpos call is indeed
> required to synch the stream with its fd, but not ftell or fgetpos, and
> only a specific set of other situations.
> 

I think Ulrich has fixed it.


H.J.