linux-kernel - Re: devpts multiple instances feedback

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Date:	Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:32:11 -0800
From:	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: devpts multiple instances feedback

Christoph Hellwig [hch@....de] wrote:
| On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 05:15:44PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
| > This is a little untested patch to massage the mount code into about
| > how it should look like:
| 
| ping?

I was waiting for discussion on the other thread. But yes, this does
simplify the code by copying in the common code in get_sb_single() and
get_sb_nodev() into devpts, and eliminating the do_remount() stuff in
'single-mount' mode.

We may also be able to define an "empty" mknod_ptmx() when
CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=n and share a bit more code, but will
defer that to a separate patch.

Will test this out some more and resend the modified patch.

Sukadev
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