From: Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org
commit 2287a51ba822384834dafc1c798453375d1107c7 upstream.
As per the long-suffering comment.
Reported-by: Minh Yuan yuanmingbuaa@gmail.com Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: Jiri Slaby jirislaby@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- 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