From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
To: "Stuart MacDonald" <stuartm@connecttech.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: question on tty open and close
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:16:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200703281516.31366.oliver@neukum.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <019101c7713a$73bfcce0$294b82ce@stuartm>
Am Mittwoch, 28. März 2007 15:10 schrieb Stuart MacDonald:
> > We find that a failure in open() leads to release_dev() being called.
> > release_dev() calls close():
> >
> > if (tty->driver->close)
> > tty->driver->close(tty, filp);
> >
> > So we have a file that's closed although open() never succeeded?
>
> That's correct! It's been a pain in my butt for years.
How did you deal with that proctological issue?
Regards
Oliver
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-28 13:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-28 11:38 Oliver Neukum
2007-03-28 13:10 ` Stuart MacDonald
2007-03-28 13:16 ` Oliver Neukum [this message]
2007-03-28 13:22 ` Stuart MacDonald
2007-03-28 14:44 ` Alan Cox
2007-03-28 15:26 ` Paul Fulghum
2007-03-28 15:31 ` Alan Cox
2007-03-28 14:54 ` Marcel Holtmann
2007-03-28 15:32 ` Paul Fulghum
2007-03-28 14:37 Kilau, Scott
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