yeah, snoppy1314, Not everyone can see your HTML based email because of different E-mail client, Greg's explanation is professional. Thx! why you need three process to do this thing? what's the scenario ? 2009/4/16 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx>: > An HTML based email. Please, not here. > > Answer below which is standard protocol on this list. > > 2009/4/16 snoppy1314 <snoppy1314@xxxxxxx>: >> >> >> Hi: >> >> I have three progree: HIT, new-sim300 and pppd, also have a driver >> cdc-acm.ko(it generates a device file /dev/ttyACM0). >> I call open(/dev/ttyACM0) in HIT, and then call system("./pppd") and >> system("./new-sim300") in HIT. I think, when I kill HIT, the >> close(dev/ttyACM0) will be called automatically.But in fact, the >> close(dev/ttyACM0) isn't called until the pppd, new-sim300 and HIT are all >> killed.who can tell me why? >> Thanks in advance! > > Below is guesswork: > > I suspect that in HIT you close one of stdin / stdout / stderr. Then > when you open /dev/ttyACM0, it gets assigned one of those file > descriptors. > > The system() call then launches the children with the inherited stdin > / stdout / stderr files already open. The number of times the file is > open is tracked and your kernel close() code is not called until the > open count is decremented to zero based on all three programs dieing. > > Greg > -- > Greg Freemyer > Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team > Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist > http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer > First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - > http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf > > The Norcross Group > The Intersection of Evidence & Technology > http://www.norcrossgroup.com > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ