Char device question: cdev_del()

Rajat Jain <[email protected]> Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:40:14 -0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-newbie
Message-ID <CAA93t1qNPqMvSk9Cq4g5FzGOoD+r=SaiQ_dP9VwQ90ON5gXG2A@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,

What happens if the driver calls cdev_del() while one of the character
device is being used (i.e. for. e.g. some process is in the middle of
the ioctl call for that character device).

Does the cdev_del() wait for that call to get completed? Is the driver
guaranteed that once the cdev_del() returns, none of the driver
character device operations are in use?

Thanks,

Rajat
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