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SubjectRe: [PATCHv2] tty: Set correct tty name in 'active' sysfs attribute
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 04:44:20PM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> On 02/06/2014 04:29 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 03:27:43PM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> >> The 'active' sysfs attribute should refer to the currently
> >> active tty devices the console is running on, not the currently
> >> active console.
> >
> > That's not what Documentation/ABI/sysfs-tty says:
> > Shows the list of currently configured
> > console devices, like 'tty1 ttyS0'.
> > The last entry in the file is the active
> > device connected to /dev/console.
> > The file supports poll() to detect virtual
> > console switches.
> >
> The problem is indeed with 'console devices'. There is no such
> thing; you only have tty devices where the console is running on.
>
> >> The console structure doesn't refer to any device in sysfs,
> >> only the tty the console is running on has.
> >
> > That sentance doesn't make sense.
> >
> >> So we need to print out the tty names in 'active', not
> >> the console names.
> >
> > But that doesn't match the documentation.
> >
> > What exactly are you trying to "fix" here? What is the problem that the
> > current file has that is broken? And as you are changing what this file
> > means, what will break if the information in the file changes?
> >
> systemd is using the 'active' sysfs attribute to figure out on which
> _tty_ device to start a getty on.
> As soon as the console name and the tty name are different
> you have no means of figuring out which _device_ to open.
> AFAICS the console 'device' (ie the current entry in 'active')
> doesn't have _any_ equivalent in sysfs; it just so happens that for
> most console drivers the tty driver name is identical.
> But this is not a requirement, and fails for drivers which have a
> different device for the console and the tty.
>
> EG on S/390 the 3270 tty has the devices
>
> /dev/3270/tty1
>
> but the console driver announces the name 'tty3270'.
> So as per current rules the 'active' attribute contains
>
> tty32700
>
> which correct as per documentation, but doesn't have _any_
> equivalent in sysfs.
>
> Martin has the grubby details here.
>
> But of course, the documentation should be updated to match the new
> behavior.

Ok, care to send an updated version, that fixes the Documentation as
well? If Kay agrees that this is the correct solution, I'll be glad to
take it.

thanks,

greg k-h


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