Re: question on tty open and close

[Paul Fulghum]

Alan Cox wrote:
> I'm also not aware of any reason other than history, which means if
> someone cares to double check the other drivers there really shouldn't be
> an obstacle to "fixing" this behaviour.
>
> Unless anyone knows different ?

As long as the new behavior continues to call
driver->close() if driver->open() succeeds
then I see no problem.

If individual drivers are correctly doing internal
reference counting to handle driver->close() calls
without a preceding successful driver->open() call
(usually just doing nothing), then they should
continue to operate correctly without the extra
and unnecessary driver->close().

--
Paul Fulghum
Microgate Systems, Ltd.
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