linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 073/115] vt: always call notifier with the console lock held

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Date:   Wed, 15 May 2019 12:55:53 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 073/115] vt: always call notifier with the console lock held

[ Upstream commit 7e1d226345f89ad5d0216a9092c81386c89b4983 ]

Every invocation of notify_write() and notify_update() is performed
under the console lock, except for one case. Let's fix that.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 1fb5e7f409c4a..6ff921cf9a9e4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -2435,8 +2435,8 @@ static int do_con_write(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *buf, int co
 	}
 	con_flush(vc, draw_from, draw_to, &draw_x);
 	console_conditional_schedule();
-	console_unlock();
 	notify_update(vc);
+	console_unlock();
 	return n;
 }
 
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2.20.1