[Devel] Re: [PATCH 11/11][v3]: Enable multiple instances of devpts

[H. Peter Anvin]

sukadev at us.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> But that node will not be accessible if there is a newinstance mount
> without the bind mount ? IOW
> 
> 	1. mount -t devpts -o newinstance lxcpts /dev/pts
> 	2. mount -o bind /dev/pts/ptmx /dev/ptmx
> 
> If both #1 and #2 or neither happen there is no problem.
> 
> If #1 is NOT followed by #2, ptys break in new namespace.
> 
> An open of /dev/ptmx in this case will allocate a pty in the
> initial namespace, but since #1 is complete, we lookup the
> pty (/dev/pts/7) in the new namespace and fail.
> 

That is correct.

	-hpa
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