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Date:      Mon, 08 Jul 2002 00:24:16 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>
To:        nate@root.org
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dev_t semantics
Message-ID:  <20020708.002416.130619382.imp@village.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207072008110.36901-100000@root.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207072008110.36901-100000@root.org>

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In message: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207072008110.36901-100000@root.org>
            Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> writes:
: I am using dev->si_drv1 to store my softc (as are other drivers).  What
: guarantees do I have about multiple opens/closes not stepping on each
: other's toes?  How does -stable compare to -current in this regard?

You don't have any guarantees.  si_drv1 is for each dev_t.  Multiple
opens of the same minor device share the same dev_t.  Stable and
current are exactly the same in this reguard.

You cannot easily have the semantics that you want :-(

Warner

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