Re: [PATCH 0/1] devpts: use dynamic_dname() to generate proc name

Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) There's no way around it.
no way around it.
So I think I will have to just revert that fix.
So I think I will have to just revert that fix.
Damn.
Damn.
Now, I think there's a way forward: get rid of the 'struct path' (which is bogus anyway), and only remember the pts denty. Then, at TIOCGPTPEER time (which is why we currently have that 'struct path' anyway), look up the right 'vfsmount' by looking up the 'pts' path again.
path again.
That's a rather bigger patch than the one I'll have to revert, I'm afraid ;( That's a rather bigger patch than the one I'll have to revert, I'm afraid ;( Linus
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