linux-kernel - [PATCH 30/80] tty: move tioclinux from a special case

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Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:36:40 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 30/80] tty: move tioclinux from a special case

From: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>

Right now we have ifdefs and hooks in the core ioctl handler for TIOCLINUX
and then test if its a console. This is brain dead. Instead call the
tioclinux helper from the relevant driver ioctl methods.

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>
---

 drivers/char/tty_io.c   |    4 ----
 drivers/char/vt.c       |    2 --
 drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c |    2 ++
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)


diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index e4dce87..2f05728 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -3026,10 +3026,6 @@ long tty_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		return put_user(tty->ldisc.ops->num, (int __user *)p);
 	case TIOCSETD:
 		return tiocsetd(tty, p);
-#ifdef CONFIG_VT
-	case TIOCLINUX:
-		return tioclinux(tty, arg);
-#endif
 	/*
 	 * Break handling
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index 60359c3..05ca1c5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -2583,8 +2583,6 @@ int tioclinux(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned long arg)
 	int lines;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (tty->driver->type != TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_CONSOLE)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	if (current->signal->tty != tty && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 	if (get_user(type, p))
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index c904e9a..8944ce5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
  
 	kbd = kbd_table + console;
 	switch (cmd) {
+	case TIOCLINUX:
+		return tioclinux(tty, arg);
 	case KIOCSOUND:
 		if (!perm)
 			goto eperm;

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