linux-kernel - Re: TTY: tty

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Message-ID: <20120324232001.GK6589@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:20:01 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Subject: Re: TTY: tty_port questions

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:48:32AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > It will be. In order to fix the tty locking mess we need to shove a lot
> > > of stuff whose lifetime is the lifetime of the physical port somewhere
> > > else - the tty_port is that structure.
> > >
> > 
> > "It will be" in terms of "not now"? ;-)
> 
> As in, it's the very next step on.

FWIW, uml console in default config is basically "start xterm for each VC".
What do you suggest to do on vhangup() on one of those?
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