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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty/vt/vt.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c index 34aa39d1aed9..15d27698054a 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c @@ -936,10 +936,21 @@ static void flush_scrollback(struct vc_data *vc) WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED(); set_origin(vc); - if (vc->vc_sw->con_flush_scrollback) + if (vc->vc_sw->con_flush_scrollback) { vc->vc_sw->con_flush_scrollback(vc); - else + } else if (con_is_visible(vc)) { + /* + * When no con_flush_scrollback method is provided then the + * legacy way for flushing the scrollback buffer is to use + * a side effect of the con_switch method. We do it only on + * the foreground console as background consoles have no + * scrollback buffers in that case and we obviously don't + * want to switch to them. + */ + hide_cursor(vc); vc->vc_sw->con_switch(vc); + set_cursor(vc); + } } /* @@ -3035,10 +3046,8 @@ int tioclinux(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned long arg) switch (type) { case TIOCL_SETSEL: - console_lock(); ret = set_selection_user((struct tiocl_selection __user *)(p+1), tty); - console_unlock(); break; case TIOCL_PASTESEL: ret = paste_selection(tty); @@ -3326,8 +3335,9 @@ static int __init con_init(void) console_lock(); - if (conswitchp) - display_desc = conswitchp->con_startup(); + if (!conswitchp) + conswitchp = &dummy_con; + display_desc = conswitchp->con_startup(); if (!display_desc) { fg_console = 0; console_unlock(); @@ -3567,7 +3577,6 @@ err: #ifdef CONFIG_VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING -/* unlocked version of unbind_con_driver() */ int do_unbind_con_driver(const struct consw *csw, int first, int last, int deflt) { struct module *owner = csw->owner; @@ -4095,7 +4104,7 @@ static void con_driver_unregister_callback(struct work_struct *ignored) * when a driver wants to take over some existing consoles * and become default driver for newly opened ones. * - * do_take_over_console is basically a register followed by unbind + * do_take_over_console is basically a register followed by bind */ int do_take_over_console(const struct consw *csw, int first, int last, int deflt) { |