From 7be88b4ccb62737abe4bf27f9e66e224a70a12c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Hurley Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:43:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] tty: Document required behavior of tty driver close() If the tty driver open() fails, the tty driver close() is still called during the resultant tty release. Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- include/linux/tty_driver.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h index dd976cfb6131..756a60989294 100644 --- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h +++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ * void (*close)(struct tty_struct * tty, struct file * filp); * * This routine is called when a particular tty device is closed. + * Note: called even if the corresponding open() failed. * * Required method. * -- 2.30.2