drivers/char/misc.c

Matthew Kirkwood (weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Wed, 26 Nov 1997 14:58:16 +0000 (GMT)

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Hi,

Is there any reason why misc_open assumes that
all misc drivers will provide an open function?

-- from line 119 (2.1.65)
if ((file->f_op = c->fops))
return file->f_op->open(inode,file);
else
return -ENODEV;

Surely it's a bit daft to miss out "&& file->f_op->open"?

Just curious.

Matthew.

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