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author | 2009-12-14 18:00:43 -0800 | |
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committer | 2009-12-15 08:53:28 -0800 | |
commit | 5ada918b82399eef3afd6a71e3637697d6bd719f (patch) | |
tree | 9bff5251d9d21960726078c2117a0ab19ca25956 /kernel/power | |
parent | cs5535: drop the Geode-specific MFGPT/GPIO code (diff) | |
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vt: introduce and use vt_kmsg_redirect() function
The kernel offers with TIOCL_GETKMSGREDIRECT ioctl() the possibility to
redirect the kernel messages to a specific console.
However, since it's not possible to switch to the kernel message console
after a panic(), it would be nice if the kernel would print the panic
message on the current console.
This patch series adds a new interface to access the global kmsg_redirect
variable by a function to be able to use it in code where
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE is not set (kernel/panic.c).
This patch:
Instead of using and exporting a global value kmsg_redirect, introduce a
function vt_kmsg_redirect() that both can set and return the console where
messages are printed.
Change all users of kmsg_redirect (the VT code itself and kernel/power.c)
to the new interface.
The main advantage is that vt_kmsg_redirect() can also be used when
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE is not set.
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bernhard@bwalle.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/power')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/power/console.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/power/console.c b/kernel/power/console.c index 5187136fe1de..218e5af90156 100644 --- a/kernel/power/console.c +++ b/kernel/power/console.c @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ #include <linux/vt_kern.h> #include <linux/kbd_kern.h> -#include <linux/console.h> +#include <linux/vt.h> #include <linux/module.h> #include "power.h" @@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ int pm_prepare_console(void) if (orig_fgconsole < 0) return 1; - orig_kmsg = kmsg_redirect; - kmsg_redirect = SUSPEND_CONSOLE; + orig_kmsg = vt_kmsg_redirect(SUSPEND_CONSOLE); return 0; } @@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ void pm_restore_console(void) { if (orig_fgconsole >= 0) { vt_move_to_console(orig_fgconsole, 0); - kmsg_redirect = orig_kmsg; + vt_kmsg_redirect(orig_kmsg); } } #endif |