On 04/17/2008 12:17 AM, sukadev@us.ibm.com wrote:
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> We noticed this while working on pts namespaces and believe this might
> be an useful change even as we rework our pts/device namespace approach.
> 
> ---
> 
> From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@us.ibm.com>
> Subject: [PATCH]: Factor out PTY index allocation
> 
> Factor out the code used to allocate/free a pts index into new interfaces,
> devpts_new_index() and devpts_kill_index().  This localizes the external
> data structures used in managing the pts indices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@us.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn<serue@us.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley<matthltc@us.ibm.com>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/char/tty_io.c     |   40 ++++++----------------------------------
>  fs/devpts/inode.c         |   42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  include/linux/devpts_fs.h |    4 ++++
>  3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
[...]
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> Index: 2.6.25-rc8-mm2/drivers/char/tty_io.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.25-rc8-mm2.orig/drivers/char/tty_io.c	2008-04-16 09:51:11.000000000 -0700
> +++ 2.6.25-rc8-mm2/drivers/char/tty_io.c	2008-04-16 09:51:15.000000000 -0700
> @@ -137,9 +136,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_mutex);
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS
>  extern struct tty_driver *ptm_driver;	/* Unix98 pty masters; for /dev/ptmx */
> -extern int pty_limit;			/* Config limit on Unix98 ptys */
> -static DEFINE_IDR(allocated_ptys);
> -static DEFINE_MUTEX(allocated_ptys_lock);
[...]
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> Index: 2.6.25-rc8-mm2/fs/devpts/inode.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.25-rc8-mm2.orig/fs/devpts/inode.c	2008-02-27 15:17:59.000000000 -0800
> +++ 2.6.25-rc8-mm2/fs/devpts/inode.c	2008-04-16 09:51:15.000000000 -0700
> @@ -26,6 +27,10 @@
>  
>  #define DEVPTS_DEFAULT_MODE 0600
>  
> +extern int pty_limit;			/* Config limit on Unix98 ptys */
> +static DEFINE_IDR(allocated_ptys);
> +static DECLARE_MUTEX(allocated_ptys_lock);

Ugh, why mutex->semaphore conversion?
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