Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:12:53 -0600 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: [BK PATCH] devfs cleanups for 2.5.29 |
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Roman Zippel writes: > Hi, > > On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Richard Gooch wrote: > > > > Are you sure it's save in devfs_open() too? > > > > Yes. RTFS. > > I'm trying - without getting headache.
Take a valium.
> In the "devfs=only" case, where is the module count incremented, when a > block device is opened?
The module count is incremented when the device is opened, irrespective of whether it's a character or block device, or even a "regular" file.
> > > Even if it's save/fixed, it's still code duplication. > > > > No. I leverage fops_get(), a common function. > > Which is also insufficiently protected.
Incorrect.
Regards,
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