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

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 22:24:21 +0200
From:   Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@....de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        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

Hi

[ sorry for the re-send, this accidentally only reached you, rather than
 the mailing list and the other recipients as well ]

On 2017-08-24, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 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?

This patch seems to work, ssh, xterm (konsole5), real tty and pbuilder
(creating- and updating the build chroots, just as well as building 
several fairly involved packages) are fine with this patch on top of 
v4.13-rc6-66-g143c97cc6529 (tested on x86_64).

Thanks a lot
	Stefan Lippers-Hollmann