This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
vt_kdsetmode: extend console locking
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
vt_kdsetmode-extend-console-locking.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 2287a51ba822384834dafc1c798453375d1107c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:55:18 -0700
Subject: vt_kdsetmode: extend console locking
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 2287a51ba822384834dafc1c798453375d1107c7 upstream.
As per the long-suffering comment.
Reported-by: Minh Yuan <yuanmingbuaa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -487,16 +487,19 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty,
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
- /* FIXME: this needs the console lock extending */
- if (vc->vc_mode == (unsigned char) arg)
+ console_lock();
+ if (vc->vc_mode == (unsigned char) arg) {
+ console_unlock();
break;
+ }
vc->vc_mode = (unsigned char) arg;
- if (console != fg_console)
+ if (console != fg_console) {
+ console_unlock();
break;
+ }
/*
* explicitly blank/unblank the screen if switching modes
*/
- console_lock();
if (arg == KD_TEXT)
do_unblank_screen(1);
else
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/vt_kdsetmode-extend-console-locking.patch
