[PARQUET-837] [C++] SerializedFile::ParseMetaData uses Seek, followed by Read, and could have race conditions

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: cpp-1.0.0
• Component/s: parquet-cpp
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 23/Jan/17 01:55
• Updated: 23/Jun/24 03:28
• Resolved: 23/Jan/17 07:55

Description

As described in the PR for ARROW-508 https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/300, the read-at-position should be performed atomically to prevent rare race conditions. I would suggest removing the `Seek` method from the input API altogether