Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch 2.4] make tty->count atomic_t | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 03 Apr 2003 19:13:27 -0500 |
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>>>>> "Russell" == Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> writes:
Russell> On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 06:18:22PM -0500, Jes Sorensen wrote: Russell> Isn't release_dev() only called under the BKL, which Russell> guarantees the old "single-thread in the kernel at a time" Russell> behaviour from pre-SMP Linux ? >> It's called from tty_release() and tty_open(). tty_release() grabs >> the BKL but I don't see the path that grabs it when calling through >> tty_open() (doesn't mean I am not blind of course ;-).
Russell> It's hidden away in fs/devices.c:chrdev_open()
Good point, ok back to the drawing broad ;-(
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