[krbdev.mit.edu #2119] Linux device number bug report

[Liang jianhua via RT]

Hello,

I have some questions about device number extension.

In Linux kernel 2.6, device number will be extended from 16-bit to 32-bit. All utilities and libraries should make corresponding extension for this new feature in kernel 2.6. 

As the format of extended device number is as following: mmmm mmmm mmmm MMMM MMMM MMMM mmmm mmmm, that "major" should be 12-bit, and "minor" should be 20-bit. "M" means major device number. "m" means minor device number.

But I find that ¡°krb5-1.2.7¡± uses structure dev_t and operates the minor device number as 8-bit.  
In file krb5-1.2.7/src/util/pty/getpty.c: 109
       ptynum = (int)(stb.st_rdev&0xFF)

So it seems not to correspond to device number extension.

Since I didn¡¯t find any information about this aspect in homepage of this package, I wonder whether the latest version has completed the device number extension? If not, will it be completed in the future? And when?

Looking forward to answering.
Liang Jianhua
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