linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25.11-97.fc9 (P): idr_remove called for id=236 which is not allocated

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Message-ID: <19f34abd0808182353n2174760ao135732327130a727@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:53:19 +0200
From:	"Vegard Nossum" <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
To:	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.25.11-97.fc9 (P): idr_remove called for id=236 which is not allocated

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> pty: If the administrator creates a device not for a ptmx slave don't error
>
> From: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>
>
>
> The open path for ptmx slaves is via the ptmx device. Opening them any
> other way is not allowed. Vegard Nossum found that previously this was not
> the case and mknod foo c 128 42; cat foo would produce nasty diagnostics
> ---

Thanks, this seems to work for me. I do get a "SLAP" in dmesg each
time, however :-)


Vegard

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