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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: jdh <root@hend.net>
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Subject: Re: BUG: bsd pts now climbs continuously
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jdh <root@hend.net> wrote:
>
> PROBLEM: bsd /dev/pts/n now climbs continuously, ie,
>      15339 pts/103  S+     0:00 rlogin link3

2.6.7 was a long time ago in kernel-time.  In current kernels pty
allocation has gone back to first-fit.  Please retest on 2.6.8-rc3.