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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-10-02 12:17:24 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-10-02 12:17:24 -0700 |
| commit | 3f1fe48a36b0b6722dc3fd421d93512bac138e9a (patch) | |
| tree | b767d7f6e26bc64334d3f14f8422d187239dc45d /Documentation/filesystems/devpts.rst | |
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Merge tag 'io_uring-7.3-20261002' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linuxgrafted
Pull io_uring fixes from Jens Axboe:
- Fix a task_work add use-after-free with SQPOLL.
The sqpoll thread could pop and complete the last request while
io_req_normal_work_add() was still looking at them after the mpscq
push.
Use the same approach as DEFER_TASKRUN to protect from that, holding
an RCU read lock across the add, and have exit wait for an RCU grace
period for SQPOLL rings as well.
- CQE32 ring fixes: correct the free entry check for 32b CQEs, zero the
big_cqe for aux CQEs, and only post the dummy skip CQE on CQE_MIXED
rings
- Mark the source filter table as COW when cloning bpf filters, so
registering another filter on the source doesn't modify the shared
table in place
- Initialize the task context before running the BPF loop
- Requeue zcrx multishot receives stopped by a local resource
- End a TX_TIMESTAMP multishot cmd when the CQ is full (lollipopkit)
* tag 'io_uring-7.3-20261002' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux:
io_uring: fix task_work add use-after-free with SQPOLL
io_uring/cmd_net: end TX_TIMESTAMP multishot when the CQ is full
io_uring/zcrx: requeue multishot receives stopped by a local resource
io_uring: initialize task context before running the BPF loop
io_uring: zero big_cqe for aux CQEs on CQE32 rings
io_uring: fix free entry check for 32b CQEs on CQE32 rings
io_uring: only post the dummy skip CQE on CQE_MIXED rings
io_uring/bpf_filter: mark source as COW when cloning filters
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b6324ab19 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.rst @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +===================== +The Devpts Filesystem +===================== + +Each mount of the devpts filesystem is now distinct such that ptys +and their indices allocated in one mount are independent from ptys +and their indices in all other mounts. + +All mounts of the devpts filesystem now create a ``/dev/pts/ptmx`` node +with permissions ``0000``. + +To retain backwards compatibility the a ptmx device node (aka any node +created with ``mknod name c 5 2``) when opened will look for an instance +of devpts under the name ``pts`` in the same directory as the ptmx device +node. + +As an option instead of placing a ``/dev/ptmx`` device node at ``/dev/ptmx`` +it is possible to place a symlink to ``/dev/pts/ptmx`` at ``/dev/ptmx`` or +to bind mount ``/dev/ptx/ptmx`` to ``/dev/ptmx``. If you opt for using +the devpts filesystem in this manner devpts should be mounted with +the ``ptmxmode=0666``, or ``chmod 0666 /dev/pts/ptmx`` should be called. + +Total count of pty pairs in all instances is limited by sysctls:: + + kernel.pty.max = 4096 - global limit + kernel.pty.reserve = 1024 - reserved for filesystems mounted from the initial mount namespace + kernel.pty.nr - current count of ptys + +Per-instance limit could be set by adding mount option ``max=<count>``. + +This feature was added in kernel 3.4 together with +``sysctl kernel.pty.reserve``. + +In kernels older than 3.4 sysctl ``kernel.pty.max`` works as per-instance limit. |
