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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:32:32 -0600
From: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
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Alan Cox wrote:
> It breaks if any existing driver is doing no cleanup in ->open() when it
> fails but relying upon ->close() being called. That is what needs
> auditing first of all.

Yes, I did not think of that.

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Paul Fulghum
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