question on SMP and read()/write()

[Oliver Neukum]

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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