The patch titled
vt: don't export vt_kmsg_redirect() to userspace
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vt-dont-export-vt_kmsg_redirect-to-userspace.patch
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Subject: vt: don't export vt_kmsg_redirect() to userspace
From: Bernhard Walle <bernhard@xxxxxxxxx>
Fix following warning in linux-next by guarding the function definition
(both the "extern" and the inline) with #ifdef __KERNEL__.
usr/include/linux/vt.h:89: userspace cannot call function or variable defined in
the kernel
Introduced by commit 5ada918b82399eef3afd6a71e3637697d6bd719f ("vt:
introduce and use vt_kmsg_redirect() function").
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bernhard@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/vt.h | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff -puN include/linux/vt.h~vt-dont-export-vt_kmsg_redirect-to-userspace include/linux/vt.h
--- a/include/linux/vt.h~vt-dont-export-vt_kmsg_redirect-to-userspace
+++ a/include/linux/vt.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ struct vt_setactivate {
#define VT_SETACTIVATE 0x560F /* Activate and set the mode of a console */
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
#ifdef CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE
extern int vt_kmsg_redirect(int new);
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ static inline int vt_kmsg_redirect(int n
#endif
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+
#define vt_get_kmsg_redirect() vt_kmsg_redirect(-1)
#endif /* _LINUX_VT_H */
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from bernhard@xxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
vt-dont-export-vt_kmsg_redirect-to-userspace.patch
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