Hi, Is there some reason why devtmpfs allows creation of regular files? I think it would be nice if /dev would behave same way as /proc, that is:
$ echo example > /proc/regular-file.txt -bash: /proc/regular-file.txt: No such file or directory That would make users who rm /dev/null to notice something is wrong before all space is taken by some rubbish writer. Secondly when /dev/ is used for pairing daemons with fifo this would make incorrect start order to fail without intervention needed - no more writer creating a file, and reader that wants to use same path for fifo being unable to do so. This could be a mount option. Something like nofile in spirit of nodev but with opposite effect. My assumption is that changing default behavior is unlikely to be approvable. -- Sami Kerola http://www.iki.fi/kerolasa/
