The patch titled drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c: fix VT_OPENQRY error value has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is drivers-char-vt_ioctlc-fix-vt_openqry-error-value.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c: fix VT_OPENQRY error value From: Graham Gower <graham.gower@xxxxxxxxx> When all VT's are in use, VT_OPENQRY casts -1 to unsigned char before returning it to userspace as an int. VT255 is not the next available console. Signed-off-by: Graham Gower <graham.gower@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c~drivers-char-vt_ioctlc-fix-vt_openqry-error-value drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c --- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c~drivers-char-vt_ioctlc-fix-vt_openqry-error-value +++ a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c @@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, str struct kbd_struct * kbd; unsigned int console; unsigned char ucval; + unsigned int uival; void __user *up = (void __user *)arg; int i, perm; int ret = 0; @@ -657,7 +658,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, str break; case KDGETMODE: - ucval = vc->vc_mode; + uival = vc->vc_mode; goto setint; case KDMAPDISP: @@ -695,7 +696,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, str break; case KDGKBMODE: - ucval = ((kbd->kbdmode == VC_RAW) ? K_RAW : + uival = ((kbd->kbdmode == VC_RAW) ? K_RAW : (kbd->kbdmode == VC_MEDIUMRAW) ? K_MEDIUMRAW : (kbd->kbdmode == VC_UNICODE) ? K_UNICODE : K_XLATE); @@ -717,9 +718,9 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, str break; case KDGKBMETA: - ucval = (vc_kbd_mode(kbd, VC_META) ? K_ESCPREFIX : K_METABIT); + uival = (vc_kbd_mode(kbd, VC_META) ? K_ESCPREFIX : K_METABIT); setint: - ret = put_user(ucval, (int __user *)arg); + ret = put_user(uival, (int __user *)arg); break; case KDGETKEYCODE: @@ -949,7 +950,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, str for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES; ++i) if (! VT_IS_IN_USE(i)) break; - ucval = i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES ? (i+1) : -1; + uival = i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES ? (i+1) : -1; goto setint; /* _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from graham.gower@xxxxxxxxx are drivers-char-vt_ioctlc-fix-vt_openqry-error-value.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html