Simplify things and accelerate the open a bit by setting ptmx_fops directly on the /dev/pts/ptmx inode.
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <[email protected]> --- drivers/tty/pty.c | 2 +- fs/devpts/inode.c | 6 +++--- include/linux/devpts_fs.h | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c index e16a49b507ef..c71d5b6ddbb8 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/pty.c +++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c @@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ err_file: return retval; } -static struct file_operations ptmx_fops; +struct file_operations ptmx_fops; static void __init unix98_pty_init(void) { diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c index e8bf61cd1bf8..4fc6c49b0efd 100644 --- a/fs/devpts/inode.c +++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c @@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ static int parse_mount_options(char *data, int op, struct pts_mount_opts *opts) #ifdef CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES static int mknod_ptmx(struct super_block *sb) { - int mode; int rc = -ENOMEM; struct dentry *dentry; struct inode *inode; @@ -274,8 +273,9 @@ static int mknod_ptmx(struct super_block *sb) inode->i_ino = 2; inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME; - mode = S_IFCHR|opts->ptmxmode; - init_special_inode(inode, mode, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 2)); + inode->i_mode = S_IFCHR|opts->ptmxmode; + inode->i_fop = &ptmx_fops; + inode->i_rdev = MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, PTMX_MINOR); inode->i_uid = root_uid; inode->i_gid = root_gid; diff --git a/include/linux/devpts_fs.h b/include/linux/devpts_fs.h index db329cd3d14e..ff2b7c274435 100644 --- a/include/linux/devpts_fs.h +++ b/include/linux/devpts_fs.h @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS +extern struct file_operations ptmx_fops; + int devpts_new_index(struct inode *ptmx_inode); void devpts_kill_index(struct inode *ptmx_inode, int idx); void devpts_add_ref(struct inode *ptmx_inode); -- 2.8.1

