Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Mike Kilburn <> | | Date | Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:04:43 +0200 (SAST) | | Subject | Re: Are file_operations.{open,release} serialized? | |
> that card. I want to ask you if it is safe to increment this
> counter in the device's file_operations.open() routine and to decrement
> in the file_operations.release() routine without any locking
I use atomic_inc and atomic_dec for this sort of thing. Dont forget about
SMP systems.
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