linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] TTY: pty, fix pty counting in "/proc/sys/kernel/pty/nr"

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Message-ID: <4EA95F90.6000107@ilyx.ru>
Date:	Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:41:36 +0400
From:	Ilya Zykov <ilya@...x.ru>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] TTY: pty, fix pty counting in "/proc/sys/kernel/pty/nr"

Greg KH wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 01:48:35PM +0400, Ilya Zykov wrote:
>> Regression for commit: 24d406a6bf736f7aebdc8fa0f0ec86e0890c6d24
>> Commit: 24d406a6b accepted in Linux 3.1.
>> Disscussed on linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org "subject: [PATCH] TTY: pty, fix pty counting"
>> and not accepted.
>> Although, I think it's clear.
> 
> Ilya, is there some reason you are ignoring the tty maintainer and
> sending these to Linus directly?  These patches need to be tested in
> linux-next, so at the earliest, they can be merged into Linus's tree for
> 3.3, they are NOT 3.2 material, especially given that they are not even
> accepted by the current tty developers.
> 
> So please work with us, and don't try to circumvent the existing
> process, it is not the way we work here.
> 
> Especially as this specific patch was already rejected, for very good
> reasons, why are you ignoring those reasons?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 


But I don't understand, what for, "pty" driver, calling tty_driver_remove_tty(), 
only for call its own function(pty_unix98_remove).


Thank you.
Ilya.

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