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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/proc')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/proc/consoles.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/consoles.c b/fs/proc/consoles.c index cf2e0788f9c7..46b305fa04ed 100644 --- a/fs/proc/consoles.c +++ b/fs/proc/consoles.c @@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ static void *c_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos) struct console *con; loff_t off = 0; + /* + * Take console_lock to serialize device() callback with + * other console operations. For example, fg_console is + * modified under console_lock when switching vt. + * + * Hold the console_lock to guarantee safe traversal of the + * console list. SRCU cannot be used because there is no + * place to store the SRCU cookie. + */ console_lock(); for_each_console(con) if (off++ == *pos) |