[xml] libxml2 re-entrancy (thread safe) for multiple "reads" of same file from different threads

[ebin jose <ebin jose gmail com>]

Hi,

I have few quires on thread safety (re-entrancy) of libxml2.
In my application , I want to parse the same xml file (say 
"chapter1.xml") from two different threads. I need to do only read 
operation - no writes.
Does libxml2  allow this multiple read operation (from separate threads) 
on a same xml file ?
Or application need not take special care to access same file from 
multiple threads (like mutex locking etc in application thread code)?

In my application two different threads can call this (mentioned below) 
function with same file.
DocPtr = xmlParseFile ( (const char *) FilePath)

{Apart from the above mentioned function, I will be calling libxml2 tree 
API's to completely parse the file}

I believe this function will return two different DocPtr , then I can 
use two pointers independently in my threads.
Is my assumption correct?
If my assumption is not correct then how can I achieve re-entrancy ?

Thanks in advance.


-Ebin