Re: EOF and ptys

[Alan Cox]

On Llu, 2005-08-01 at 19:57 -0400, kern1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I notice that when one closes a pty, rather than the master side'd read
> returning 0, it's an EIO.  Seems to be this code, from n_tty.c.
> 	if (test_bit(TTY_OTHER_CLOSED, &tty->flags)) {
> 		retval = -EIO;
> 		break;
> 	}
> I'm not an expert, it might be correct, but I thought I should point it
> out.

A pty close is a hangup rather than an end of file. 

Alan

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