> Shouldn't the proper semantics be that unmapping the vma does
> a dput(), sysctl_close() does a dput(), and that dput() itself
> calls inode->op.close() when the use count is zero???
Hi Jason,
The inode i_op functions operate at a higher level, when there's still a file
pointer around. Unmapping a vma does indeed do a dput() but the file pointer
used for mapping the vma is long gone.
Regards,
Bill