Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965082AbWHQOsd (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:48:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965084AbWHQOsc (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:48:32 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:52109 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965082AbWHQOsb (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:48:31 -0400 Subject: Re: PATCH/FIX for drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c From: Alan Cox To: Lennart Sorensen Cc: 7eggert@gmx.de, Arjan van de Ven , Dirk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060817143633.GF13641@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: <6Kxns-7AV-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <6Kytd-1g2-31@gated-at.bofh.it> <6KyCQ-1w7-25@gated-at.bofh.it> <1155821951.15195.85.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060817132309.GX13639@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <1155822530.15195.95.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060817143633.GF13641@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:09:17 +0100 Message-Id: <1155827358.15195.103.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 744 Lines: 17 Ar Iau, 2006-08-17 am 10:36 -0400, ysgrifennodd Lennart Sorensen: > I think hal should get an error when it tries to open the cdrom device > when the burning application is using it. It shouldn't even get a If it uses O_EXCL it will find the device busy assuming both parties use O_EXCL properly. > chance to issue an ioctl. I was assuming hal doesn't keep the cdrom > device open at all times (if it does, well that would be stupid). Indeed but this is HAL so I suggest you strace it first 8) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/