open the console later

src/lxc/conf.c

@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf_init(void)
 	new->utsname = NULL;
 	new->tty = 0;
 	new->pts = 0;
+	new->console.path = NULL;
 	new->console.peer = -1;
 	new->console.master = -1;
 	new->console.slave = -1;

src/lxc/conf.h

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ struct lxc_console {
 	int slave;
 	int master;
 	int peer;
+	char *path;
 	char name[MAXPATHLEN];
 	struct termios *tios;
 };

src/lxc/confile.c

@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static int config_cap_drop(const char *key, char *value,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int config_console(const char *key, char *value, struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
+static int _config_console(const char *key, char *value, struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
 {
 	int fd;
 
@@ -635,6 +635,22 @@ static int config_console(const char *key, char *value, struct lxc_conf *lxc_con
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int config_console(const char *key, char *value,
+			  struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
+{
+	char *path;
+
+	path = strdup(value);
+	if (!path) {
+		SYSERROR("failed to strdup '%s': %m", value);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	lxc_conf->console.path = path;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int config_rootfs(const char *key, char *value, struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
 {
 	if (strlen(value) >= MAXPATHLEN) {

src/lxc/console.c

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ int lxc_create_console(struct lxc_conf *conf)
 {
 	struct termios tios;
 	struct lxc_console *console = &conf->console;
+	int fd;
 
 	if (!conf->rootfs)
 		return 0;
@@ -163,6 +164,14 @@ int lxc_create_console(struct lxc_conf *conf)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
+	fd = open(console->path, O_CLOEXEC | O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0600);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		SYSERROR("failed to open '%s'", console->path);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	console->peer = fd;
+
 	if (!isatty(console->peer))
 		return 0;