linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/1] devpts: use dynamic

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFxXzwoDdN72m2oaV4XuxO0DGoT+Bp84i07VFpLQ3Ftcpw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:03:14 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...onical.com>
Cc:     Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] devpts: use dynamic_dname() to generate proc name

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> I suspect the easiest fix is to just add a "mnt" argument to
> devpts_acquire(),  It shouldn't be too painful. Let me try.

Ok, here's a *very* lightly tested patch. It might have new bugs, but
it makes your test program DTRT.

Al, mind going over this and making sure I didn't miss anything?

And Christian, if you can beat on this, that would be good.

                        Linus

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