Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Process Termination Indication in the Device Driver | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 28 Jun 2003 20:24:12 +0100 |
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On Sad, 2003-06-28 at 00:02, Srini wrote: > I am new to Linux Kernel. I am experimenting with Device Driver in Kernel > version 2.4. Is there a method by which the device driver could be indicated > by the > kernel of the termination of a "user process" asynchronously. > > I know of the function find_task_by_pid that the driver could call to get > the task > structure given the pid.
If the application has files open then your device will receive flush events (and/or release events if its the last open) for each file handle as it is closed. Linux drivers dont normally care about process exit information in the general case therefore since the OS will ensure drivers get told when handles are cleaned up
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