Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753505AbZGRSdI (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:33:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751526AbZGRSdH (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:33:07 -0400 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:9396 "EHLO relais.videotron.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751397AbZGRSdG (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:33:06 -0400 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Boundary_(ID_AGfTd+n7egBtrtuqNBS0PQ)" Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:32:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicolas Pitre X-X-Sender: nico@xanadu.home To: Samuel Thibault Cc: Kay Sievers , Greg KH , linux-kernel , Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi , stable@const.famille.thibault.fr Subject: Re: vc: create vcs(a) devices for consoles In-reply-to: <20090718161926.GN28509@const.famille.thibault.fr> Message-id: References: <1247931257.29760.1.camel@yio.site> <20090718160101.GA13346@kroah.com> <20090718161926.GN28509@const.famille.thibault.fr> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1536 Lines: 41 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --Boundary_(ID_AGfTd+n7egBtrtuqNBS0PQ) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT On Sat, 18 Jul 2009, Samuel Thibault wrote: > 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. ... as well as blind developers as myself. Thanks for fixing this. Nicolas --Boundary_(ID_AGfTd+n7egBtrtuqNBS0PQ)-- -- 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/