[arch-projects] [RFC][devtools][PATCH] mkarchroot: use bind mount instead of symlink for /dev/ptmx
Allan McRae
allan at archlinux.org
Thu Mar 8 21:52:42 EST 2012
On 09/03/12 12:43, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
> We need /dev/ptmx -> /dev/pts/ptmx (for devpts -o newinstance)
> Other way to do this thing is via bind mount (as said kernel doc[devpts.txt]).
>
> This should be done in this way at least for /dev as devtmpfs in the chroot.
> Since we can not touch /dev (devtmpfs), because devtmpfs is "singleton",
> just use bind method and avoid interference.
>
> Do it the same for both modes of /dev (tmpfs) and (devtmpfs) to keep it simple.
>
> Currently devpts in chroot is not working without this when using /dev as devtmpfs,
> this fixes this issue (opening /dev/ptmx, creates devices nodes on outside /dev/pts)
>
> Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar>
> ---
> mkarchroot.in | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mkarchroot.in b/mkarchroot.in
> index d45cfba..efe0398 100644
> --- a/mkarchroot.in
> +++ b/mkarchroot.in
> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ chroot_mount() {
>
> [[ -e "${working_dir}/dev/pts" ]] || mkdir "${working_dir}/dev/pts"
> mount -t devpts devpts "${working_dir}/dev/pts" -o newinstance,ptmxmode=666
> - ln -s pts/ptmx "${working_dir}/dev/ptmx"
> + mount -o bind ${working_dir}/dev/pts/ptmx" "${working_dir}/dev/ptmx"
Quote is missing...
> [[ -e $cache_dir ]] || mkdir -p "${cache_dir}"
> [[ -e "${working_dir}/${cache_dir}" ]] || mkdir -p "${working_dir}/${cache_dir}"
> @@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ copy_hostconf () {
> chroot_umount () {
> umount "${working_dir}/proc"
> umount "${working_dir}/sys"
> + umount "${working_dir}/dev/ptmx"
> umount "${working_dir}/dev/pts"
> umount "${working_dir}/dev/shm"
> umount "${working_dir}/dev"
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