Re: How to tell whether a struct file is held by a process?

[Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>]

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 17:12, Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
> Anyway, enumeration isn't the problem.  The real problem has two parts:
>
>        Automatic probing and binding of kernel drivers, including
>        selection and installation of a configuration (this really
>        _does_ mess up virtualization).
>
>        The fact that a window exists immediately after the
>        registration of a newly-detected device before a user
>        process can lock the device file.  During this window,
>        other processes could open the file.
>
> The second part can be solved (among cooperating processes) by use of
> port-lock files, with no kernel involvement.  The first part does
> require a kernel interface of some sort, but it wouldn't have to be
> complicated.  The mere fact that a port-lock file was open could be
> enough to prevent automatic configuration, probing, and binding.
>
> Does this seem like reasonable approach?

Would releasing the "lock" trigger a kernel-driver-binding call?

The lock will always lock all devices of a specific hub?

Thanks,
Kay