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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c18
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index 3a5d301e783b..c9f2dd620e87 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
#include <linux/kbd_diacr.h>
#include <linux/selection.h>
-static char vt_dont_switch;
+char vt_dont_switch;
extern struct tty_driver *console_driver;
#define VT_IS_IN_USE(i) (console_driver->ttys[i] && console_driver->ttys[i]->count)
@@ -1039,10 +1039,22 @@ int vt_waitactive(int vt)
add_wait_queue(&vt_activate_queue, &wait);
for (;;) {
- set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
retval = 0;
- if (vt == fg_console)
+
+ /*
+ * Synchronize with redraw_screen(). By acquiring the console
+ * semaphore we make sure that the console switch is completed
+ * before we return. If we didn't wait for the semaphore, we
+ * could return at a point where fg_console has already been
+ * updated, but the console switch hasn't been completed.
+ */
+ acquire_console_sem();
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ if (vt == fg_console) {
+ release_console_sem();
break;
+ }
+ release_console_sem();
retval = -EINTR;
if (signal_pending(current))
break;