linux-kernel - Re: um: TTY fixes (?)

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Date:	Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:20:38 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>, jslaby@...e.cz,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, alan@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: um: TTY fixes (?)

Am 05.06.2012 13:15, schrieb Alan Cox:
> Actually I'd prefer a clever solution which can spot all the fds are the
> same process so we can keep compatibility but I've not found a sensible
> way to do that.

Me too.

For UML users the current situation is odd.
They have to select between:
- Having a UML that crashes randomly on some distros.
- Applying the TTY fix and break login on every distro that uses util-linux's login.
- Applying the TTY fix and patch util-linux too.

Thanks,
//richard




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