Re: [PATCH, RFC] Char dev BKL pushdown v2

[Jeff Dike]

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 04:56:24PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> ioctl() will not be called on a given file descriptor before open() is
> done, no.  If there are other file descriptors open, though, somebody
> can be calling ioctl() on them while the open() for the new one is
> executing.

There's the case where one thread is calling ioctl on the new
descriptor before open (in other thread) has returned (it's malicious
and trying to oops you, it's accidentally trying to operate on a
closed descriptor, etc).  It might hit the window between the
descripor being installed and open returning.

	  		      Jeff

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