Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753268AbZGRQTb (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:19:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751933AbZGRQTa (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:19:30 -0400 Received: from solo.fdn.fr ([80.67.169.19]:46389 "EHLO solo.fdn.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751488AbZGRQT3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:19:29 -0400 Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:19:26 +0200 From: Samuel Thibault To: Kay Sievers Cc: Greg KH , linux-kernel , Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi , stable@const.famille.thibault.fr Subject: Re: vc: create vcs(a) devices for consoles Message-ID: <20090718161926.GN28509@const.famille.thibault.fr> Mail-Followup-To: Samuel Thibault , Kay Sievers , Greg KH , linux-kernel , Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi , stable References: <1247931257.29760.1.camel@yio.site> <20090718160101.GA13346@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1069 Lines: 27 Kay Sievers, le Sat 18 Jul 2009 18:12:20 +0200, a ?crit : > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 18:01, Greg KH wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 05:34:17PM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote: > >> From: Kay Sievers > >> Subject: vc: create vcs(a) devices for consoles > >> > >> The buffer for the consoles are unconditionally allocated at > >> con_init() time, which miss the creation of the vcs(a) devices. > >> > >> Since 2.6.30, these devices are no longer created at open() > >> and removed on close(), but controlled by the lifetime of the > >> buffers. > > > > Is this a bug in .31-rc right now? ?Should this make it into the final > > .31 release? > > Yes, and in .30. Please also push it to stable@kernel.org The bug makes the console unusable e.g. for blind users using braille devices. Samuel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/