Roman Zippel writes:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> > > Are you sure it's save in devfs_open() too?
> >
> > Yes. RTFS.
>
> I'm trying - without getting headache.
Take a valium.
> In the "devfs=only" case, where is the module count incremented, when a
> block device is opened?
The module count is incremented when the device is opened,
irrespective of whether it's a character or block device, or even a
"regular" file.
> > > Even if it's save/fixed, it's still code duplication.
> >
> > No. I leverage fops_get(), a common function.
>
> Which is also insufficiently protected.
Incorrect.
Regards,
Richard....
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