linux-kernel - Re: vc: create vcs(a) devices for consoles

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Message-ID: <20090718161926.GN28509@const.famille.thibault.fr>
Date:	Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:19:26 +0200
From:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386@...oo.com.ar>,
	stable@...st.famille.thibault.fr
Subject: Re: vc: create vcs(a) devices for consoles

Kay Sievers, le Sat 18 Jul 2009 18:12:20 +0200, a écrit :
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 18:01, Greg KH<greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 05:34:17PM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> >> From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
> >> Subject: vc: create vcs(a) devices for consoles
> >>
> >> The buffer for the consoles are unconditionally allocated at
> >> con_init() time, which miss the creation of the vcs(a) devices.
> >>
> >> Since 2.6.30, these devices are no longer created at open()
> >> and removed on close(), but controlled by the lifetime of the
> >> buffers.
> >
> > Is this a bug in .31-rc right now?  Should this make it into the final
> > .31 release?
> 
> Yes, and in .30.

Please also push it to stable@...nel.org The bug makes the console
unusable e.g. for blind users using braille devices.

Samuel
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