--- Paul Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > there's a little detail you're forgetting. unless > the hw supports multi-open and the current number of > subunits is below the limit of the number of opens, > then having the descriptor will cause all other > attempts to access the device to block (unless they > explicitly request non-blocking open, which means > they then have to unset that flag for normal > application operation
I hadn't forgotten. The situation to which you are referring is called "a bug in the *application*". Determining the destinies of resources, delivery of signals etc when spawning child processes is the application-programmer's responsibility. And yes, I have tracked down bugs like this before. And I *did* fix the application. Chris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
