Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 24 May 2001 17:26:59 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Why side-effects on open(2) are evil. (was Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH]device arguments from lookup) |
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On Thu, 24 May 2001, Edgar Toernig wrote:
> > What *won't* happen is, you won't get side effects from opening > > your serial ports (you'd have to open them without O_DIRECTORY > > to get that) so that seems like a little step forward. > > As already said: depending on O_DIRECTORY breaks POSIX compliance > and that alone should kill this idea...
What really kills that idea is the fact that you can trick applications into opening your serial ports _without_ O_DIRECTORY.
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