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Date:      Sat, 24 Jul 1999 09:59:58 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        tlambert@primenet.com, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp
Cc:        freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG, jedgar@fxp.org
Subject:   Re: SMP + XDM = keyboard lockup
Message-ID:  <199907232359.JAA29461@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>2)	Why doesn't getty use O_EXCL on the open, such that if
>	it can't get an exclusive lock, it fails?  Worst case

Perhaps because O_EXCL has no effect for devices under BSD (its effect
is implementation-defined except for regular files).

Bruce


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