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authorEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2009-11-17 01:01:34 -0800
committerEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2009-11-17 01:01:34 -0800
commitbb9074ff58fe745e4f244f76209241909c82ec9c (patch)
treecf6be00ab88b1e315f6b74a896a370440f677599 /drivers/char
parent4739a9748e1bd7459f22f7e94e7d85710ca83954 (diff)
parent156171c71a0dc4bce12b4408bb1591f8fe32dc1a (diff)
downloadlinux-bb9074ff58fe745e4f244f76209241909c82ec9c.tar.bz2
Merge commit 'v2.6.32-rc7'
Resolve the conflict between v2.6.32-rc7 where dn_def_dev_handler gets a small bug fix and the sysctl tree where I am removing all sysctl strategy routines.
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/hvc_xen.c25
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_xen.c b/drivers/char/hvc_xen.c
index eba999f8598d..a6ee32b599a8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvc_xen.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvc_xen.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static inline void notify_daemon(void)
notify_remote_via_evtchn(xen_start_info->console.domU.evtchn);
}
-static int write_console(uint32_t vtermno, const char *data, int len)
+static int __write_console(const char *data, int len)
{
struct xencons_interface *intf = xencons_interface();
XENCONS_RING_IDX cons, prod;
@@ -76,6 +76,29 @@ static int write_console(uint32_t vtermno, const char *data, int len)
return sent;
}
+static int write_console(uint32_t vtermno, const char *data, int len)
+{
+ int ret = len;
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure the whole buffer is emitted, polling if
+ * necessary. We don't ever want to rely on the hvc daemon
+ * because the most interesting console output is when the
+ * kernel is crippled.
+ */
+ while (len) {
+ int sent = __write_console(data, len);
+
+ data += sent;
+ len -= sent;
+
+ if (unlikely(len))
+ HYPERVISOR_sched_op(SCHEDOP_yield, NULL);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static int read_console(uint32_t vtermno, char *buf, int len)
{
struct xencons_interface *intf = xencons_interface();