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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ttyname.c19
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ttyname.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ttyname.c
index 6e97d2d..f4c955f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ttyname.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ttyname.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ ttyname (int fd)
char procname[30];
struct stat64 st, st1;
int dostat = 0;
+ int doispty = 0;
char *name;
int save = errno;
struct termios term;
@@ -165,13 +166,7 @@ ttyname (int fd)
&& is_mytty (&st, &st1))
return ttyname_buf;
- /* If the link doesn't exist, then it points to a device in another
- namespace. */
- if (is_pty (&st))
- {
- __set_errno (ENODEV);
- return NULL;
- }
+ doispty = 1;
}
if (__xstat64 (_STAT_VER, "/dev/pts", &st1) == 0 && S_ISDIR (st1.st_mode))
@@ -195,5 +190,15 @@ ttyname (int fd)
name = getttyname ("/dev", &st, save, &dostat);
}
+ if (!name && doispty && is_pty (&st))
+ {
+ /* We failed to figure out the TTY's name, but we can at least
+ signal that we did verify that it really is a PTY slave.
+ This happens when we have inherited the file descriptor from
+ a different mount namespace. */
+ __set_errno (ENODEV);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
return name;
}