[Gdal-dev] GDAL Thread Safety

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jason Beverage wrote:
> Is there anything in particular that I should be looking out for in this
> situation?  I'm using different GDALDataset objects, but they are
> pointing to the same file on disk, which I wasn't sure if it was a
> problem.

Jason,

As long as each thread has a distinct GDALDataset object, and as long
as all access is read-only, then things should be fine.

Note that this thread safety assertion does not necessary apply to all
drivers.  Only a few drivers (Geotiff, Imagine) have been carefully
reviewed and tested.  I imagine most drivers are ok, but you should use
some caution, and testing things you depend on yourself.

Best regards,
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