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On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 06:52:04PM +0200, Aymeric Vincent wrote:
> Aymeric Vincent <vincent@labri.fr> writes:
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> > Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net> writes:
> >
> >> While I don't deny there might be a bug, your analysis is incorrect:
> >> the close() function from the cdevsw structure is called only once, wh=
en
> >> there is no remaining file descriptor using the device.
> >
> > Ah, you're right. Even if the device is opened once on /dev/audio0 and
> > once on /dev/sound0?
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> Eh, actually, I think close() will be called anyway. I'm speaking of
> two completely different processes: they don't have file descriptors
> pointing to the same file description.
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> Close() has to be called when either process quits otherwise recording
> or playing would still be active, although playing silence or dropping
> recorded data.

I'm not saying anything about what _should_ happen.  The fact is that
specfs code only calls the close() function for a given dev_t when the
device is actually meant to fall unused.

Granted, audio0 and sound0 are different nodes from specfs's POV.

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Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"You could have made it, spitting out benchmarks
Owe it to yourself not to fail"
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