linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 11/29] docs: filesystems: convert devpts.txt to ReST

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Message-Id: <9ad13041a4646a77dddf038f8246040ba3e707e6.1587487612.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 21 Apr 2020 18:54:22 +0200
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
To:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: [PATCH v2 11/29] docs: filesystems: convert devpts.txt to ReST

- Add a SPDX header;
- Add a document title;
- Some whitespace fixes and new line breaks;
- Mark literal blocks as such;
- Add it to filesystems/index.rst.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst |  2 +-
 Documentation/filesystems/devpts.rst        | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt        | 26 ---------------
 Documentation/filesystems/index.rst         |  1 +
 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/devpts.rst
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 3e68da9fc066..e1cab8f0abb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ this sysctl interface anymore.
 pty
 ===
 
-See Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt.
+See Documentation/filesystems/devpts.rst.
 
 
 randomize_va_space
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a03248ddfb4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=====================
+The Devpts Filesystem
+=====================
+
+Each mount of the devpts filesystem is now distinct such that ptys
+and their indicies allocated in one mount are independent from ptys
+and their indicies in all other mounts.
+
+All mounts of the devpts filesystem now create a ``/dev/pts/ptmx`` node
+with permissions ``0000``.
+
+To retain backwards compatibility the a ptmx device node (aka any node
+created with ``mknod name c 5 2``) when opened will look for an instance
+of devpts under the name ``pts`` in the same directory as the ptmx device
+node.
+
+As an option instead of placing a ``/dev/ptmx`` device node at ``/dev/ptmx``
+it is possible to place a symlink to ``/dev/pts/ptmx`` at ``/dev/ptmx`` or
+to bind mount ``/dev/ptx/ptmx`` to ``/dev/ptmx``.  If you opt for using
+the devpts filesystem in this manner devpts should be mounted with
+the ``ptmxmode=0666``, or ``chmod 0666 /dev/pts/ptmx`` should be called.
+
+Total count of pty pairs in all instances is limited by sysctls::
+
+    kernel.pty.max = 4096	- global limit
+    kernel.pty.reserve = 1024	- reserved for filesystems mounted from the initial mount namespace
+    kernel.pty.nr		- current count of ptys
+
+Per-instance limit could be set by adding mount option ``max=<count>``.
+
+This feature was added in kernel 3.4 together with
+``sysctl kernel.pty.reserve``.
+
+In kernels older than 3.4 sysctl ``kernel.pty.max`` works as per-instance limit.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f94fe276dea..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-Each mount of the devpts filesystem is now distinct such that ptys
-and their indicies allocated in one mount are independent from ptys
-and their indicies in all other mounts.
-
-All mounts of the devpts filesystem now create a /dev/pts/ptmx node
-with permissions 0000.
-
-To retain backwards compatibility the a ptmx device node (aka any node
-created with "mknod name c 5 2") when opened will look for an instance
-of devpts under the name "pts" in the same directory as the ptmx device
-node.
-
-As an option instead of placing a /dev/ptmx device node at /dev/ptmx
-it is possible to place a symlink to /dev/pts/ptmx at /dev/ptmx or
-to bind mount /dev/ptx/ptmx to /dev/ptmx.  If you opt for using
-the devpts filesystem in this manner devpts should be mounted with
-the ptmxmode=0666, or chmod 0666 /dev/pts/ptmx should be called.
-
-Total count of pty pairs in all instances is limited by sysctls:
-kernel.pty.max = 4096		- global limit
-kernel.pty.reserve = 1024	- reserved for filesystems mounted from the initial mount namespace
-kernel.pty.nr			- current count of ptys
-
-Per-instance limit could be set by adding mount option "max=<count>".
-This feature was added in kernel 3.4 together with sysctl kernel.pty.reserve.
-In kernels older than 3.4 sysctl kernel.pty.max works as per-instance limit.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
index 4fea22856348..14179987bd4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ algorithms work.
    splice
    locking
    directory-locking
+   devpts
 
    automount-support
 
-- 
2.25.2