Re: iohelp handle_io_release_conch doesn't lock shared page

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:

> It seems that the shared I/O code is not really tested and a bit dated. 
> Thomas, do you remember any unresolved issues about it?

Only that it's essentially untested, and really deprecated.  Roland,
do you think it's worth keeping around?  Is there another way to
guarantee correct exec behavior?  (Like, say, reading the entire file
in a single RPC; is that enough?)

Thomas