linux-kernel - RE: question on tty open and close

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Date:	Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:22:15 -0400
From:	"Stuart MacDonald" <stuartm@...necttech.com>
To:	"'Oliver Neukum'" <oliver@...kum.org>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: question on tty open and close

From: Oliver Neukum [mailto:oliver@...kum.org] 
> 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?

Just make sure the close() handles the situation properly. It makes
reference counting...  fun.

The serial driver has always handled it like this.

..Stu

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