Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 14:28:34 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cloned open support Message-ID: <20010129142834.G26076@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <24995.980807023@critter>; from phk@critter.freebsd.dk on Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 11:23:43PM %2B0100 References: <20010129141621.F26076@fw.wintelcom.net> <24995.980807023@critter>
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* Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> [010129 14:23] wrote: > > >> Why not use an ioctl on the control device to get a minor number to > >> use? The ioctl could then do a make_dev() on the appropriate device > >> to create it. > > > >Yes, but will it swap the current open fd with the new device? > > > >Afaik the idea is to remove the race condition. > > Guys, we *already have* cloning support that either does or can > do all of this with only minor adjustments. /me hands you a wrench > > You are sitting in a car discussing how to invent the wheel :-) then we are waiting to be enlightened. :) thanks, -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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