Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263990AbTIBSI2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Sep 2003 14:08:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264034AbTIBSHB (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Sep 2003 14:07:01 -0400 Received: from pub234.cambridge.redhat.com ([213.86.99.234]:19214 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263990AbTIBSDG (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Sep 2003 14:03:06 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 19:02:58 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Andrew Morton Cc: andrew@lunn.ch, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, andrew.lunn@ascom.ch Subject: Re: 2.6-test4 Traditional pty and devfs Message-ID: <20030902190258.A15601@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , andrew@lunn.ch, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, andrew.lunn@ascom.ch References: <20030902104212.GA23978@londo.lunn.ch> <20030902150808.A7388@infradead.org> <20030902102141.44dc7297.akpm@osdl.org> <20030902184236.A14715@infradead.org> <20030902104340.1e360f1b.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030902104340.1e360f1b.akpm@osdl.org>; from akpm@osdl.org on Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:43:40AM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1618 Lines: 34 On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:43:40AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > That's the magic use uid/gid of the process calling devfs_Register flag > > I killed. With a big HEADSUP and explanation on lkml.. > > So what is the impact here? That libc5 will break if the user is using > devfs and old-style pty's? If he removed the pt_chown logic that is present with a stock libc5, yes. I wouldn't know why someone would do that, though. That's why I'm really keen on knowing how the system of the bugreporter looks - this shouldn't happen without a very strange setup. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:43:40AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > That's the magic use uid/gid of the process calling devfs_Register flag > > I killed. With a big HEADSUP and explanation on lkml.. > > So what is the impact here? That libc5 will break if the user is using > devfs and old-style pty's? If he removed the pt_chown logic that is present with a stock libc5, yes. I wouldn't know why someone would do that, though. That's why I'm really keen on knowing how the system of the bugreporter looks - this shouldn't happen without a very strange setup. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/