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From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: TTY: tty_port questions
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On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:48:32AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > It will be. In order to fix the tty locking mess we need to shove a lot
> > > of stuff whose lifetime is the lifetime of the physical port somewhere
> > > else - the tty_port is that structure.
> > >
> > 
> > "It will be" in terms of "not now"? ;-)
> 
> As in, it's the very next step on.

FWIW, uml console in default config is basically "start xterm for each VC".
What do you suggest to do on vhangup() on one of those?