Re: 2.4 in-kernel file opening

[linux-os (Dick Johnson)]

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Martin Drab wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Martin Drab wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Martin Drab wrote:
>> ...
>>> things within the driver before the mmap() - I guess that should be
>>> possibble to do from within the fops->mmap(), but I also need to do
>>> something upon munmap()ping. Where should I place that? There doesn't seem
>>> to be any function that would be called upon user munmap(). :(
>>
>> Should this be placed at vmops->close()?
>
> Or does there have to be a separate ioctl call for that after the munmap()
> anyway?
>
> Martin

Just grin and bear it. Do the right things at the right time. If you
need ioctl() just do it. It will save you loads of development and
debugging time. Further, somebody else will be able to maintain the
code when you get promoted.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.13 on an i686 machine (5589.55 BogoMips).
Warning : 98.36% of all statistics are fiction.

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