linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 28/49] tty: Add a new file /proc/tty/consoles

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Message-ID: <20101023114604.GA23814@infradead.org>
Date:	Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:46:04 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@...e.de>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 28/49] tty: Add a new file /proc/tty/consoles

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:21:07AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> From: Dr. Werner Fink <werner@...e.de>
> 
> Add a new file /proc/tty/consoles to be able to determine the registered
> system console lines.  If the reading process holds /dev/console open at
> the regular standard input stream the active device will be marked by an
> asterisk.  Show possible operations and also decode the used flags of
> the listed console lines.

Err, no way we can put in code that walks the fd table and poke into
random private data for a magic number.

NAK.

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