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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c index c6f6f420973..045e6888d15 100644 --- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c +++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c @@ -1208,15 +1208,18 @@ void change_console(struct vc_data *new_vc) /* * Send the signal as privileged - kill_pid() will * tell us if the process has gone or something else - * is awry + * is awry. + * + * We need to set vt_newvt *before* sending the signal or we + * have a race. */ + vc->vt_newvt = new_vc->vc_num; if (kill_pid(vc->vt_pid, vc->vt_mode.relsig, 1) == 0) { /* * It worked. Mark the vt to switch to and * return. The process needs to send us a * VT_RELDISP ioctl to complete the switch. */ - vc->vt_newvt = new_vc->vc_num; return; } |