On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Jeff Haran [off-list ref] wrote:

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[mailto:kernelnewbies-bounces at kernelnewbies.org] On Behalf Of Venkatram
Tummala
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 5:31 PM
To: Mulyadi Santosa
Cc: kernelnewbies
Subject: Re: Prevent a process from opening a file more than once

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Mulyadi Santosa
[off-list ref] wrote:
Hi :)

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 06:56, Venkatram Tummala
[off-list ref] wrote:

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Hi All,
I have a simple device driver which creates a /dev/XYZ file. I need to
prevent a process from opening the file more than once. However,

multiple

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processes can open the file simultaneously. Is there any any elegant

way to

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do this other than checking all opened files in the process ?

Uhm, keep a reference count and increment it on every file open in
your module? How does that sound?
Well, which refcount should i use? I can't use the refcount in the file
object as the file objects passed to me are different each time the file
is opened in the process.

When you say "I need to prevent a process from opening the file more
than once.", do you mean a single process opening the file, closing it
and then opening it again would be disallowed?

No. If the file is already opened in the process, the process shouldn't  be
allowed to open the file again. It is fine if the process opens, closes &
then opens the file again.

Or do you mean that a
single process opening the file, keeping it open and then opening it
again under another fd would be disallowed?

Yes, this is what i am looking for.

How about multiple threads within the same process? Are they treated as
the same process by these rules?

Yes. Threads are treated as the same process. So, if one thread has the file
already opened, another thread in the same process shouldn't be able to open
it.

Venkat
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