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 - 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/
