> >> Bit on open without O_EXCL will always succeed no matter whether >> someone has it O_EXCL or not. > >Ok. That means hald has no use for it, but cdrecord and similar >programs could use it. But that again sounds like hald won't use O_EXCL, therefore could always be able to open the device and potentially send commands which interrupt cd writing. Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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