On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 04:39:14AM -0700, Jacob A wrote:
> Al,
>
> I'm using the open/close call as a way for processes to register/unregister with a watchdog driver that I'm writing.
> I thought that I can save the housekeeping within the driver, but it looks like It would be easier just to maintain my own list
> and be done with it.
What do you mean "register with a watchdog driver"? The process that
had opened file might be long gone while the file remains open...
What kind of information do you keep for each struct file?
PS: stop top-posting
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