Date: 3 Jan 2004 22:26:06 -0000 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@daemonology.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/60874: auto-assign devfs ruleset numbers Message-ID: <20040103222606.27667.qmail@fafnir.daemonology.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200401032230.i03MUBhq027823@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 60874 >Category: kern >Synopsis: auto-assign devfs ruleset numbers >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jan 03 14:30:11 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Colin Percival >Release: FreeBSD 5.2-RC i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD fafnir.daemonology.net 5.2-RC FreeBSD 5.2-RC #2: Fri Jan 2 17:59:36 GMT 2004 cperciva@fafnir.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: At present, devfs ruleset numbers must be specified. This could cause problems with software which creates jails (with associated /dev mounts) since two different applications might overwrite each other's rulesets. It would be nice if devfs(8) and the associated kernel code had an option for assigning an unused ruleset -- eg, 'devfs -m /foo/dev ruleset -1' would result in the kernel finding an unused ruleset number in a given range (32-63, perhaps?) and assigning that ruleset number to the devfs. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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