Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:39:11 -0400 From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What do you think ?: How should pseundo terminals behave ... Message-ID: <0C4B0125-11AA-4BDB-A4E3-163A6194AB68@alumni.cwru.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060926111452.J91466@godot.imp.ch> References: <20060926111452.J91466@godot.imp.ch>
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On Sep 26, 2006, at 05:33 , Martin Blapp wrote: > So how should ptys behave ? > > 1.) Block until the tty is really opened again and there is > a master available again. Then write to the freshly opened > pty. (not easy to do) > > 2.) Block forever since the tty will not be reopened anymore since > we leak ptys. > > 3.) Detect that there is no master around anymore and > return ENXIO: > > # echo "BLUBBER" > /dev/ttypX > # /dev/ttypX: Device not configured > > (easy to do, i've got a fix. IMHO this is the best thing to > do. This allows fast error recovery in case the master > has been gone away) > > 4.) Keep the current behaviour, leak terminals or panic. > > (the simplest thing to do. Let's keep the bugs) > > Please vote for any of those choice. Thank you for your > participation. > > Martin I vote #3, it makes the most sense. - Justin
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