This needs a fair bit of testing and a bit of review wouldn't go amiss, but
it does drive the tty_lock() mess out of the console and correct chunks of
console locking in the process.
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Alan Cox (6):
vt: push the tty_lock down into the map handling
vt: tackle the main part of the selection logic
vt: waitevent is self locked so drop the tty_lock
vt: push down tioclinux cases
vt: push down the tty lock so we can see what is left to tackle
vt: sort out locking for font handling
drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
drivers/tty/vt/selection.c | 49 +++++++++++++-----
drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c | 4 +
drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 37 ++++++++++---
drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c | 68 ++++++++++++-------------
include/linux/vt_kern.h | 1
6 files changed, 186 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)
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