> > > +static int extint_counter_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
> > > +{
> > > + struct extint_device *ed = file_to_extint_device(filp);
> >
> > you don't need the file but just the inode (strictly speaking the cdev),
> > and doing this based on the file is rather confusing to the reader because
> > the struct file passed to ->open has just been allocated.
>
> Perhaps I'm not following something here.
>
> This behavior enables using poll/select to detect or wait for the
> external interrupt counter (which is per-device) to change. The
> "has changed" status must be on a per-open basis, not a per-device
> basis, as seperate processes may read the counter at different times.
Sorry, the whole behaviour is complety fine. I just don't thing the name
and calling convention of file_to_extint_device is optimal. It should
take an struct inode * and be called just to_extint_device or someting.
The above would become
struct extint_device *ed = to_extint_device(filp->f_dentry->d_inode);
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