Re: 2.4 in-kernel file opening

[Martin Drab <drab@kepler.fjfi.cvut.cz>]

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Martin Drab wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Martin Drab wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Martin Drab wrote:
> >> ...
> >>> things within the driver before the mmap() - I guess that should be
> >>> possibble to do from within the fops->mmap(), but I also need to do
> >>> something upon munmap()ping. Where should I place that? There doesn't seem
> >>> to be any function that would be called upon user munmap(). :(
> >>
> >> Should this be placed at vmops->close()?
> >
> > Or does there have to be a separate ioctl call for that after the munmap()
> > anyway?
> >
> > Martin
> 
> Just grin and bear it. Do the right things at the right time. If you
> need ioctl() just do it. It will save you loads of development and
> debugging time. Further, somebody else will be able to maintain the
> code when you get promoted.

Right, OK.

Thanks,
Martin
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