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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com>
To: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: chrdev_open lifetime question
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:36:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200703250136.26041.dtor@insightbb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070319180225.4638bc80.zaitcev@redhat.com>
Hi Pete,
On Monday 19 March 2007 21:02, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:23:05 -0500, "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It seems that if a process keeps a character device open then other
> > processes will also be able to get into filp->f_op->open(inode,filp)
> > in chrdev_open() even after a driver called cdev_del() as part of its
> > unwind procedure. Is this correct or am I missing something?
>
> I see no replies in the archives. Have you got any private ones?
No I have not.
>
> Also, what's the context?
I want to switch input handlers to cdevs to rip table of devices out
of input core and lift limit on potential number of devices and was
pondering locking implications.
--
Dmitry
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-25 5:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-07 22:23 Dmitry Torokhov
2007-03-20 1:02 ` Pete Zaitcev
2007-03-25 5:36 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
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