linux_dsm_epyc7002/arch/x86_64
Tim Hockin f528e7ba28 x86_64: O_EXCL on /dev/mcelog
Background:
 /dev/mcelog is a clear-on-read interface.  It is currently possible for
 multiple users to open and read() the device.  Users are protected from
 each other during any one read, but not across reads.

Description:
 This patch adds support for O_EXCL to /dev/mcelog.  If a user opens the
 device with O_EXCL, no other user may open the device (EBUSY).  Likewise,
 any user that tries to open the device with O_EXCL while another user has
 the device will fail (EBUSY).

Result:
 Applications can get exclusive access to /dev/mcelog.  Applications that
 do not care will be unchanged.

Alternatives:
 A simpler choice would be to only allow one open() at all, regardless of
 O_EXCL.

Testing:
 I wrote an application that opens /dev/mcelog with O_EXCL and observed
 that any other app that tried to open /dev/mcelog would fail until the
 exclusive app had closed the device.

Caveats:
 None.

Signed-off-by: Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-21 18:37:10 -07:00
..
boot Update .gitignore for arch/i386/boot 2007-07-19 14:32:38 -07:00
crypto [CRYPTO] api: Get rid of flags argument to setkey 2006-09-21 11:41:02 +10:00
ia32 x86_64: ia32entry adjustments 2007-07-21 18:37:09 -07:00
kernel x86_64: O_EXCL on /dev/mcelog 2007-07-21 18:37:10 -07:00
lib Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq 2007-02-26 14:17:50 -08:00
mm x86_64: fake apicid_to_node mapping for fake numa 2007-07-21 18:37:10 -07:00
oprofile [PATCH] Move Kprobes and Oprofile to "Instrumentation Support" menu 2005-11-07 07:53:35 -08:00
pci [PATCH] mmconfig: fix unreachable_devices() 2007-02-13 13:26:20 +01:00
vdso x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu 2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
defconfig x86_64: Update defconfig 2007-07-21 18:37:07 -07:00
Kconfig x86_64: Quicklist support for x86_64 2007-07-21 18:37:09 -07:00
Kconfig.debug Allow DEBUG_RODATA and KPROBES to co-exist 2007-06-21 16:02:50 -07:00
Makefile x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu 2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00