Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

On Sat, 04 Feb 2006, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:

> And, if we are here, what's wrong with hald using O_EXCL to not
> interrupt any other program (does hald need to check the media
> if it's in use)? I assume the problem wouldn't exist with hald
> using O_EXCL and cdrecord not (yet) using it, would it?

Let me throw in a stupid question: Is O_EXCL cooperative, in that other
access is only blocked if both tasks use open(...O_EXCL...)?

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