Re: Problems with close() system call

[Jan Engelhardt]

>Hi,
>
>I have a question regarding the close() system call. I have written my
>own character driver for a serial type card with 8 ports. [...]
>somehow a close system
>call has been initiated (not called by my user app).

Best is to put a printk("i'm in ioctl()") in the ioctl() function and a
printk("i'm in close()") in the close() one, to be really sure whether the
close() function of your module is called.

>

Jan Engelhardt
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