Re: question on tty open and close

[Oliver Neukum]

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
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