Limit the number of legacy ptys to 256. pty_line_name() isn't capable of generating more than 256 unique names. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- 25-akpm/drivers/char/Kconfig | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN drivers/char/Kconfig~limit-CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT drivers/char/Kconfig --- 25/drivers/char/Kconfig~limit-CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT 2004-11-08 21:22:46.843719848 -0800 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/char/Kconfig 2004-11-08 21:23:23.496147832 -0800 @@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ config LEGACY_PTYS config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use" depends on LEGACY_PTYS + range 1 256 default "256" ---help--- The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time. _