On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:08:14 +0200
Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> MAX_NR_CONSOLES and MAX_NR_USER_CONSOLES are both 63 since they were
> introduced in 1.1.54. And since vc_allocate does:
>
> if (currcons >= MAX_NR_CONSOLES)
> return -ENXIO;
>
> if (!vc_cons[currcons].d) {
> if (currcons >= MAX_NR_USER_CONSOLES && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
> return -EPERM;
> }
>
> the second check is pointless. Remove both the check and the macro
> MAX_NR_USER_CONSOLES.
Actually going back over that ignore the NAK - they change both MAX_NR
and MAX_NR_USER so the assertion is still true.
Alan
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