Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 30 Jan 1998 16:15:25 +0200 | | From | Itai Nahshon <> | | | Subject | Re: Sound driver security hole? |
Thomas Sailer wrote:
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> Consider mmap'ing an ordinary file:
>
> fd = open("some file" ...);
> mmap(..., MAP_SHARED, fd, ...);
> close(fd);
Tom, I tried it and I would say it is not just a bug in the
sound driver. Device close should be called only for the *last*
close on the device. If a device or file is memory mapped
it should still be open internally.
IMHO this is a bug which is *not* related to the sound driver.
Itai
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