Re: Why side-effects on open(2) are evil. (was Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup)

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> A lot of stuff relies on the fact that close(open(foo, O_RDONLY)) is a
> no-op. Breaking that assumption is a Bad Thing(tm).

Then we have a problem. Just opening /dev/ttyS0 currently *has* side
effects (it is visible on modem lines from serial port; it can block
you forever). 

If this assumption is somewhere, we should fix that place... Or fix
serial ports.
                                                                Pavel
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