Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:45:22 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Why are not processes HUPped when they open /dev/console? |
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On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:38:40 +0100 Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> wrote:
> Hello, > > don't you remember by a chance the reason for this test in __tty_hangup: > if (filp->f_op->write != tty_write) > > The logic there is not to HUP processes that have this tty open via > /dev/console.
Because if you hang up the console the machine crashes ?
At least that's what used to happen.
Alan
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