Error while opennig device file

[Marcin Dawidowicz]

On Thursday 16 of June 2005 10:35, Garcia Jérémie wrote:
> static int test_open(struct inode *inode , struct file *file)
> {
>   int ret_val = 0;
>
>   if (Device_open != 0)   <------
>     return -EBUSY;           <------
>
>   Device_open++;          <------
>   printk("%d minor number!\n",MINOR(inode->i_rdev));
>   MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
>
>   return ret_val;
> }
>
> Very traditionnal...
>
Have a look on marked lines.

>  What error do you get on second open?
> --> I trace the execution of my programm and get the following :
> First opened succeeded, open() return code : 3    
> Can't open second file, open() return code : -1 , errno = 16
>
> Looking in the errno.h, we have :
> #define EBUSY           16      /* Device or resource busy */

This is what I would expect. You can remove marked lines and try again...

Regards,
Marcin