2014-09-17 14:48 GMT+02:00 helpcrypto helpcrypto <[email protected]>:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Sebastien Lorquet <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> The evil process might block access to the reader, but in that case, the
>> legitimate process will likely timeout while waiting for the card
>
> Not true if timeout = INFINITE
Then do not use timeout = INFINITE if you want to timeout :-)
> I have seen
> while(1){
> SCardConnect(exclusive)...
> }
> in some smartcard applications. Thats EVIL! xD
Oh. Bad design indeed.
>> > If A dies then the lock will be released automatically. If that does
>> > not occur then it is a bug in pcsc-lite and you should report it.
>
> What locking system are you using? Flock? Mutex?
> Can you link any source where using it? I'm very interested in this!
MSGCleanupClient() (from winscard_svc.c [1]) is called when the client
application closes (intentionally or not) the socket communication
with pcscd.
MSGCleanupClient() then does the cleanup (calls SCardReleaseContext).
Bye
[1]
http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pcsclite/trunk/PCSC/src/winscard_svc.c?view=markup
line 968
--
Dr. Ludovic Rousseau
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