Re: [PATCH] Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based /dev

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 09:55:49PM +0100, Alan Jenkins wrote:
> On 8/5/09, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> > Here's the devtmpfs patch again.  For .32 it's a simple and clean patch.
> > It's been tested and agreed by three major distros that this is a good
> > idea.  SuSE has been shipping this in their kernels for a while now with
> > no problems, and actual speedups measured on their boot times.  Gentoo
> > also has been testing it, but we haven't gotten a tested-by: line from
> > them yet, hopefully that will happen soon.
> >
> > A number of embedded distros have also privately said they would be
> > using this patch, I really don't understand why they don't publically
> > want to state this, but oh well...
> >
> > It's been in linux-next for many months now, with no reported
> > regressions at all as well.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
> >
> > --------------
> >
> >
> > From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
> >
> > Devtmpfs lets the kernel create a tmpfs instance called devtmpfs
> > very early at kernel initialization, before any driver-core device
> > is registered. Every device with a major/minor will provide a
> > device node in devtmpfs.
> >
> > Devtmpfs can be changed and altered by userspace at any time,
> > and in any way needed - just like today's udev-mounted tmpfs.
> > Unmodified udev versions will run just fine on top of it, and will
> > recognize an already existing kernel-created device node and use it.
> > The default node permissions are root:root 0600. Proper permissions
> > and user/group ownership, meaningful symlinks, all other policy still
> > needs to be applied by userspace.
> 
> > +	err = vfs_path_lookup(dev_mnt->mnt_root, dev_mnt,
> > +			      path, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
> > +	if (err == 0) {
> > +		struct dentry *dentry;
> > +
> > +		/* create directory right away */
> > +		dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 1);
> > +		if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
> > +			err = vfs_mkdir(nd.path.dentry->d_inode,
> > +					dentry, 0775);
> 
> Is there a typo here?  I think the mode should be 0755.   0755 is used
> below, and that does fit better with the 0600 mode for device nodes.

Yeah, I think you are correct.  Kay, any objection to me making this
change?

thanks,

greg k-h