Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:29:24 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: regression, bisected: openpty fails from 3.7 onwards without devpts |
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 01:18:02PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:44:22 +0100 > Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> wrote: > > > On 01/11/2013 01:41 PM, Florian Westphal wrote: > > > Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> wrote: > > >> On 01/10/2013 11:51 PM, Jiri Slaby wrote: > > >>> On 01/10/2013 11:45 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > > >>>> So we should just fix TIOCGPTN on a pty with no suitable name > > >>>> answer to return -EINVAL > > >>> > > >>> Yes, I agree as I'm expressed in my second mail. Sorry for the > > >>> confusion. > > >> > > >> Does the attached patch help? > > > > > > Yes, it does. Thanks for fixing this. > > > > Ok, now I'm not sure if we want the patch or to implement TIOCGPTN > > properly instead. Alan? > > IMHO - fix now for the -rc tree where its clearly low risk, after that > whatever people feel like doing 8)
I agree. Jiri, should I take your posted patch for this?
thanks,
greg k-h
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