Patch "vt_kdsetmode: extend console locking" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    vt_kdsetmode: extend console locking

to the 4.14-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-4.14 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
@@ -484,16 +484,19 @@ 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-4.14/vt_kdsetmode-extend-console-locking.patch



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