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

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFwKu3e1o=LFEYoSCtoLTXJhiMA1UL1mif2zEcikXn-EvQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:36:09 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@....de>,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...onical.com>,
        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>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] devpts: use dynamic_dname() to generate proc name

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 11:31 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> It should just do a "return ptm_open_peer(file, tty, (int)arg);" instead.

Here's the actual tested patch. It "WorksForMe(tm)", including the
TIOCGPTPEER ioctl, and also verified that it gets the pathname right
in /proc, which was the original problem.

But I did *not* check that pbuilder is still happy. Stefan?

                  Linus

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