Re: regression, bisected: openpty fails from 3.7 onwards withoutdevpts

[Greg KH]

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@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On 01/11/2013 01:41 PM, Florian Westphal wrote:
> > > Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> 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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