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Wes McKinney updated ARROW-2490:
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Fix Version/s: (was: 0.14.0)
> [C++] input stream locking inconsistent
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> Key: ARROW-2490
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-2490
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: C++
> Affects Versions: 0.9.0
> Reporter: Antoine Pitrou
> Priority: Major
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> Reading from the current file pointer is inherently thread-unsafe, since the
> file pointer may be updated by another thread (either before or during the
> operation). However, currently, we have:
> * {{ReadableFile::Read}} takes a lock
> * {{MemoryMappedFile::Read}} doesn't take a lock
> * {{BufferReader::Read}} doesn't take a lock
> We could always take a lock in {{Read}}. But I don't think there's a pattern
> where it's useful to call {{Read}} from multiple threads at once (since
> you're not sure where the file pointer will be exactly when the read starts).
> So we could as well specify that {{Read}} isn't thread-safe and let people
> make sure they don't call it from multiple threads.
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