linux / solaris vs other *nix file handling in sal/osl/unx/file.c

[Riccardo Magliocchetti]

Hi,

Il 02/01/2013 12:39, Francois Tigeot ha scritto:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 12:03:16PM +0100, Riccardo Magliocchetti wrote:
>> Il 01/01/2013 14:36, Riccardo Magliocchetti ha scritto:
>>>
>>> does anyone know why linux and solaris are using pread / pwrite syscalls
>>> while other unixes are using read + lseek? The code is at least
>>> FileHandle_Impl::writeAt which AFAIU is the base for the osl_* file
>>> functions.
>>
>> Patch attached if anyone on these plaforms want to give it a try.
>
> I tried a patched out LibreOffice-3.6.4 on DragonFly; it worked like a charm.
> Reading and opening files even seemed a bit faster.

Nice, thanks! Now if only a MacOS X guy shows up...

thanks,
riccardo