The patch titled
braille_console: only register notifiers when the braille console is used
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
braille_console-only-register-notifiers-when-the-braille-console-is-used.patch
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Subject: braille_console: only register notifiers when the braille console is used
From: Pascal Terjan <pterjan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Only register the braille driver VT and keyboard notifiers when the
braille console is used. Avoids eating insert or backspace keys.
Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11242
Signed-off-by: Pascal Terjan <pterjan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/accessibility/braille/braille_console.c | 13 ++++---------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/accessibility/braille/braille_console.c~braille_console-only-register-notifiers-when-the-braille-console-is-used drivers/accessibility/braille/braille_console.c
--- a/drivers/accessibility/braille/braille_console.c~braille_console-only-register-notifiers-when-the-braille-console-is-used
+++ a/drivers/accessibility/braille/braille_console.c
@@ -376,6 +376,8 @@ int braille_register_console(struct cons
console->flags |= CON_ENABLED;
console->index = index;
braille_co = console;
+ register_keyboard_notifier(&keyboard_notifier_block);
+ register_vt_notifier(&vt_notifier_block);
return 0;
}
@@ -383,15 +385,8 @@ int braille_unregister_console(struct co
{
if (braille_co != console)
return -EINVAL;
+ unregister_keyboard_notifier(&keyboard_notifier_block);
+ unregister_vt_notifier(&vt_notifier_block);
braille_co = NULL;
return 0;
}
-
-static int __init braille_init(void)
-{
- register_keyboard_notifier(&keyboard_notifier_block);
- register_vt_notifier(&vt_notifier_block);
- return 0;
-}
-
-console_initcall(braille_init);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from pterjan@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
braille_console-only-register-notifiers-when-the-braille-console-is-used.patch
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