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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c index de06c3c2ff70..ee4da2fec328 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c @@ -3526,6 +3526,16 @@ static ssize_t show_cons_active(struct device *dev, struct console *c; ssize_t count = 0; + /* + * Hold the console_lock to guarantee that no consoles are + * unregistered until all console processing is complete. + * This also allows safe traversal of the console list and + * race-free reading of @flags. + * + * Take console_lock to serialize device() callback with + * other console operations. For example, fg_console is + * modified under console_lock when switching vt. + */ console_lock(); for_each_console(c) { if (!c->device) |