Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Subject | [PATCH] Make devfs create /dev/shm (was: Re: Trashing ext2 with hdparm) ) | Date | Fri, 08 Dec 2000 09:46:09 +0100 | From | Roderich Schupp <> |
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Chris Meadors wrote: > > On 6 Dec 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > <HARP> > > Please don't use the path /var/shm... it was a really bad precedent > > set when someone suggested it. Use /dev/shm. > > </HARP> > > And I'll ask again... If this is now the recommend mount point, can we > have devfs create this directory for us?
C'mon guys, this is just to easy:
--- 2.4.0-test11/ipc/shm.c.~1~ Thu Dec 7 22:32:47 2000 +++ 2.4.0-test11/lipc/shm.c Thu Dec 7 22:38:59 2000 @@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS create_proc_read_entry("sysvipc/shm", 0, 0, sysvipc_shm_read_proc, NULL); #endif + devfs_mk_dir (NULL, "shm", NULL); zero_id = ipc_addid(&shm_ids, &zshmid_kernel.shm_perm, 1); shm_unlock(zero_id); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&zshmid_kernel.zero_list);
Cheers, Roderich -- When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.
Roderich Schupp mailto:rsch@ExperTeam.de ExperTeam GmbH http://www.experteam.de/ Munich, Germany
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