vt is missing a memory barrier to close the critical section. Use a real
spinlock for this.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
{
struct vc_data *vc = vc_cons[fg_console].d;
unsigned char c;
- static unsigned long printing;
+ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(printing_lock);
const ushort *start;
ushort cnt = 0;
ushort myx;
/* console busy or not yet initialized */
- if (!printable || test_and_set_bit(0, &printing))
+ if (!printable)
+ return;
+ if (!spin_trylock(&printing_lock))
return;
if (kmsg_redirect && vc_cons_allocated(kmsg_redirect - 1))
notify_update(vc);
quit:
- clear_bit(0, &printing);
+ spin_unlock(&printing_lock);
}
static struct tty_driver *vt_console_device(struct console *c, int *index)