Re: Why is chmod(2)?

Werner Almesberger (almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch)
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 23:49:39 +0200

Jamie Lokier wrote:
> So fstat() and close() are allowed, but ioctl(), fcntl(), read()
> etc. will all fail without calling any drivers or filesystem code.

Hmm, file->f_op = NULL ? Yes, might actually work ...

- Werner

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