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| author |   Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> | 2009-09-19 13:13:26 -0700 |
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| committer |   Live-CD User <linux@linux.site> | 2009-09-19 13:13:26 -0700 |
| commit | d3b5cffcf84a8bdc7073dce4745d67c72629af85 (patch) | |
| tree | dfcaa9dbc59b3f17160624803f54711db1d9786f /drivers/char | |
| parent | vt: move kernel stuff out of vt.h (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-d3b5cffcf84a8bdc7073dce4745d67c72629af85.tar.xz linux-dev-d3b5cffcf84a8bdc7073dce4745d67c72629af85.zip | |
vt: add an activate and lock
X and other graphical interfaces need to be able to flip to a console
and lock it into graphics mode without races.
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c | 38 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c index d29fbd44bdca..0fceb8f4d6f2 100644 --- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c +++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c @@ -972,6 +972,41 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file, } break; + case VT_SETACTIVATE: + { + struct vt_setactivate vsa; + + if (!perm) + goto eperm; + + if (copy_from_user(&vsa, (struct vt_setactivate __user *)arg, + sizeof(struct vt_setactivate))) + return -EFAULT; + if (vsa.console == 0 || vsa.console > MAX_NR_CONSOLES) + ret = -ENXIO; + else { + vsa.console--; + acquire_console_sem(); + ret = vc_allocate(vsa.console); + if (ret == 0) { + struct vc_data *nvc; + /* This is safe providing we don't drop the + console sem between vc_allocate and + finishing referencing nvc */ + nvc = vc_cons[vsa.console].d; + nvc->vt_mode = vsa.mode; + nvc->vt_mode.frsig = 0; + put_pid(nvc->vt_pid); + nvc->vt_pid = get_pid(task_pid(current)); + } + release_console_sem(); + if (ret) + break; + /* Commence switch and lock */ + set_console(arg); + } + } + /* * wait until the specified VT has been activated */ @@ -1342,7 +1377,8 @@ void vc_SAK(struct work_struct *work) } /* - * Performs the back end of a vt switch + * Performs the back end of a vt switch. Called under the console + * semaphore. */ static void complete_change_console(struct vc_data *vc) { |