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Message-ID: <4C809632.6090706@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:01:14 +0930
From: Graham Gower <graham.gower@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c: Fix VT_OPENQRY error value
When all VT's are in use, VT_OPENQRY casts -1 to unsigned char
before returning it to userspace as an int. VT255 is not the next
available console.
Signed-off-by: Graham Gower <graham.gower@...il.com>
--- drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c~ 2010-08-11 04:07:31.000000000 +0930
+++ drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c 2010-09-03 15:12:30.000000000 +0930
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@
struct kbd_struct * kbd;
unsigned int console;
unsigned char ucval;
+ unsigned int uival;
void __user *up = (void __user *)arg;
int i, perm;
int ret = 0;
@@ -657,7 +658,7 @@
break;
case KDGETMODE:
- ucval = vc->vc_mode;
+ uival = vc->vc_mode;
goto setint;
case KDMAPDISP:
@@ -695,7 +696,7 @@
break;
case KDGKBMODE:
- ucval = ((kbd->kbdmode == VC_RAW) ? K_RAW :
+ uival = ((kbd->kbdmode == VC_RAW) ? K_RAW :
(kbd->kbdmode == VC_MEDIUMRAW) ? K_MEDIUMRAW :
(kbd->kbdmode == VC_UNICODE) ? K_UNICODE :
K_XLATE);
@@ -949,7 +950,7 @@
for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES; ++i)
if (! VT_IS_IN_USE(i))
break;
- ucval = i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES ? (i+1) : -1;
+ uival = i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES ? (i+1) : -1;
goto setint;
/*
--
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