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change-acquire-release_console_sem-to-console_lock-unlock-fix-2
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change-acquire-release_console_sem-to-console_lock-unlock-fix-2.patch
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Subject: change-acquire-release_console_sem-to-console_lock-unlock-fix-2
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
make console_trylock return 1 on success, per Geert
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Torben Hohn <torbenh@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/printk.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/printk.c~change-acquire-release_console_sem-to-console_lock-unlock-fix-2 kernel/printk.c
--- a/kernel/printk.c~change-acquire-release_console_sem-to-console_lock-unlock-fix-2
+++ a/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_lock);
* Tried to acquire a lock which guarantees that the caller has
* exclusive access to the console system and the console_drivers list.
*
- * returns -1 on success, and 0 on failure to acquire the lock.
+ * returns 1 on success, and 0 on failure to acquire the lock.
*/
int console_trylock(void)
{
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ int console_trylock(void)
}
console_locked = 1;
console_may_schedule = 0;
- return -1;
+ return 1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_trylock);
_
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