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| author | Bernhard Walle <bernhard@bwalle.de> | 2009-12-14 18:00:43 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-12-15 08:53:28 -0800 |
| commit | 5ada918b82399eef3afd6a71e3637697d6bd719f (patch) | |
| tree | 9bff5251d9d21960726078c2117a0ab19ca25956 /include/linux/tty.h | |
| parent | c95d1e53ed89b75a4d7b68d1cbae4607b1479243 (diff) | |
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 'include/linux/tty.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/tty.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h index 405a9035fe40..ef3a2947b102 100644 --- a/include/linux/tty.h +++ b/include/linux/tty.h @@ -350,8 +350,6 @@ extern void tty_write_flush(struct tty_struct *); extern struct ktermios tty_std_termios; -extern int kmsg_redirect; - extern void console_init(void); extern int vcs_init(void); |