Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 May 2001 16:19:19 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Andries.Brouwer@cwi ... | Subject | Re: Why side-effects on open(2) are evil. (was Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup) |
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Alexander Viro writes:
> Folks, before you get all excited about cramming side effects > into open(2), consider ...
I agree completely.
> A lot of stuff relies on the fact that close(open(foo, O_RDONLY)) > is a no-op. Breaking that assumption is a Bad Thing(tm).
Also here I would like to agree. Unfortunately this is false. Opening device files often has interesting side effects.
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