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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2010-03-15 17:14:15 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2010-03-19 07:17:52 -0700
commit87a6aca504d65f242589583e04df5e74b5eae1fe (patch)
treeb95eb7e136bb57f5661e0bae4f71385fe3b55171 /drivers/char
parenta3d3203e4bb40f253b1541e310dc0f9305be7c84 (diff)
Revert "tty: Add a new VT mode which is like VT_PROCESS but doesn't require a VT_RELDISP ioctl call"
This reverts commit eec9fe7d1ab4a0dfac4cb43047a7657fffd0002f. Ari writes as the reason this should be reverted: The problems with this patch include: 1. There's at least one subtlety I overlooked - switching between X servers (i.e. from one X VT to another) still requires the cooperation of both X servers. I was assuming that KMS eliminated this. 2. It hasn't been tested at all (no X server patch exists which uses the new mode). As he was the original author of the patch, I'll revert it. Cc: Ari Entlich <atrigent@ccs.neu.edu> Cc: 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.c39
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index 87778dcf872..6aa10284104 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
ret = -EFAULT;
goto out;
}
- if (tmp.mode != VT_AUTO && tmp.mode != VT_PROCESS && tmp.mode != VT_PROCESS_AUTO) {
+ if (tmp.mode != VT_AUTO && tmp.mode != VT_PROCESS) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ static void complete_change_console(struct vc_data *vc)
* telling it that it has acquired. Also check if it has died and
* clean up (similar to logic employed in change_console())
*/
- if (vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS || vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS_AUTO) {
+ if (vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS) {
/*
* Send the signal as privileged - kill_pid() will
* tell us if the process has gone or something else
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ void change_console(struct vc_data *new_vc)
* vt to auto control.
*/
vc = vc_cons[fg_console].d;
- if (vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS || vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS_AUTO) {
+ if (vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS) {
/*
* Send the signal as privileged - kill_pid() will
* tell us if the process has gone or something else
@@ -1693,28 +1693,27 @@ void change_console(struct vc_data *new_vc)
*/
vc->vt_newvt = new_vc->vc_num;
if (kill_pid(vc->vt_pid, vc->vt_mode.relsig, 1) == 0) {
- if(vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS)
- /*
- * It worked. Mark the vt to switch to and
- * return. The process needs to send us a
- * VT_RELDISP ioctl to complete the switch.
- */
- return;
- } else {
/*
- * The controlling process has died, so we revert back to
- * normal operation. In this case, we'll also change back
- * to KD_TEXT mode. I'm not sure if this is strictly correct
- * but it saves the agony when the X server dies and the screen
- * remains blanked due to KD_GRAPHICS! It would be nice to do
- * this outside of VT_PROCESS but there is no single process
- * to account for and tracking tty count may be undesirable.
+ * It worked. Mark the vt to switch to and
+ * return. The process needs to send us a
+ * VT_RELDISP ioctl to complete the switch.
*/
- reset_vc(vc);
+ return;
}
/*
- * Fall through to normal (VT_AUTO and VT_PROCESS_AUTO) handling of the switch...
+ * The controlling process has died, so we revert back to
+ * normal operation. In this case, we'll also change back
+ * to KD_TEXT mode. I'm not sure if this is strictly correct
+ * but it saves the agony when the X server dies and the screen
+ * remains blanked due to KD_GRAPHICS! It would be nice to do
+ * this outside of VT_PROCESS but there is no single process
+ * to account for and tracking tty count may be undesirable.
+ */
+ reset_vc(vc);
+
+ /*
+ * Fall through to normal (VT_AUTO) handling of the switch...
*/
}