[PATCH] Cygwin: console: Make the console accessible from other terminals.

[Takashi Yano]

On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 13:50:59 +0100
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Dec 22 18:06, Takashi Yano wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:56:25 +0100
> > Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > However, there's something broken with these patches in terms of
> > > debugging:
> > > 
> > > With current origin/master:
> > > 
> > >   $ ls -l  /dev/cons0
> > >   crw-rw-rw- 4 corinna vinschen 3, 0 Dec 21 13:46 /dev/cons0
> > >   $ strace -o xxx /bin/ls /dev/cons0
> > >   /dev/cons0
> > > 
> > > After applying "pinfo: Align CTTY behavior to the statement of POSIX."
> > > 
> > >   $ ls -l /dev/cons0
> > >   crw-rw-rw- 4 corinna vinschen 3, 0 Dec 21 13:51 /dev/cons0
> > >   $ strace -o xxx /bin/ls /dev/cons0
> > >   /usr/bin/ls: cannot access '/dev/cons0': No such device or address
> > > 
> > > "devices: Make generic console devices invisible from pty." doesn't
> > > change this, but after applying "console: Make the console accessible
> > > from other terminals.":
> > > 
> > >   $ ls -l /dev/cons0
> > >   crw------- 4 corinna vinschen 3, 0 Dec 21 13:55 /dev/cons0
> > >   $ strace -o xxx /bin/ls /dev/cons0
> > >    670400 [main] ls 1630 C:\cygwin64\bin\ls.exe: *** fatal error - MapViewOfFileEx '(null)'(0x54), Win32 error 487.  Terminating.
> > >    674526 [main] ls 1630 cygwin_exception::open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to ls.exe.stackdump
> > > 
> > > FWIW:
> > > 
> > >   $ strace -o xxx /bin/ls
> > >    673796 [main] ls 1633 C:\cygwin64\bin\ls.exe: *** fatal error - MapViewOfFileEx '(null)'(0x54), Win32 error 487.  Terminating.
> > >    676814 [main] ls 1633 cygwin_exception::open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to ls.exe.stackdump
> > 
> > Thank you for finding this. I think this can be easily fixed.
> > Please see v3 patch.
> > 
> > [PATCH v3] Cygwin: pinfo: Align CTTY behavior to the statement of POSIX.
> 
> LGTM.  Please push all three patches.
> 
> However, I'm not really sure we should merge "Align CTTY behavior to the
> statement of POSIX." to 3.4.  It's a behavioral change, and how sure are
> we that it has no side-effects?

Thanks for reviewing. OK, I will push tha patch: "Align CTTY behavior
to the statement of POSIX." only for master branch.

How about
 [PATCH] Cygwin: devices: Make generic console devices invisible from pty.
?

Do you think this also should be only for master?

-- 
Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>