Re: Enhance ptyfs to handle multiple instances.

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Apr 4, 12:29pm, netbsd%izyk.ru@localhost (Ilya Zykov) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: Enhance ptyfs to handle multiple instances.

| > 
| > - I don't like the refactoring because it makes ptyfs less optional (brings
| >   in code and headers to the base kernel). I think it is simpler to provide
| >   an entry function to get the mount point instead, and this way all the 
guts
| >   of ptyfs stay in ptyfs.
| 
| Looks better, thank you.
| 
| > - Is it important to append to the list? Then perhaps use a different set
| >   of macros than LIST_. I've changed the code just to prepend.
| > 
| > I hope I did not break it. Comments?
| 
| Order IMPORTANT here, because, pty_getmp returns the first found,
| traditionally /dev/pts - must be persistently first(for security too). 
| All others MPs are useful only inside chroot.

Should we put a pointer in the pty node that points to the primary mount point
then so we get the correct one? Or that does not work? I will change the list
so it always appends.

Thanks,

christos