Revert "tty: Add a new VT mode which is like VT_PROCESS but doesn't require a VT_RELDISP ioctl call"
This reverts commit eec9fe7d1ab4a0dfac4cb43047a7657fffd0002f.
Ari writes as the reason this should be reverted:
The problems with this patch include:
1. There's at least one subtlety I overlooked - switching
between X servers (i.e. from one X VT to another) still requires
the cooperation of both X servers. I was assuming that KMS
eliminated this.
2. It hasn't been tested at all (no X server patch exists which
uses the new mode).
As he was the original author of the patch, I'll revert it.
Cc: Ari Entlich <atrigent@ccs.neu.edu>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index 87778dc..6aa1028 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@
ret = -EFAULT;
goto out;
}
- if (tmp.mode != VT_AUTO && tmp.mode != VT_PROCESS && tmp.mode != VT_PROCESS_AUTO) {
+ if (tmp.mode != VT_AUTO && tmp.mode != VT_PROCESS) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@
* telling it that it has acquired. Also check if it has died and
* clean up (similar to logic employed in change_console())
*/
- if (vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS || vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS_AUTO) {
+ if (vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS) {
/*
* Send the signal as privileged - kill_pid() will
* tell us if the process has gone or something else
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@
* vt to auto control.
*/
vc = vc_cons[fg_console].d;
- if (vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS || vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS_AUTO) {
+ if (vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS) {
/*
* Send the signal as privileged - kill_pid() will
* tell us if the process has gone or something else
@@ -1693,28 +1693,27 @@
*/
vc->vt_newvt = new_vc->vc_num;
if (kill_pid(vc->vt_pid, vc->vt_mode.relsig, 1) == 0) {
- if(vc->vt_mode.mode == VT_PROCESS)
- /*
- * It worked. Mark the vt to switch to and
- * return. The process needs to send us a
- * VT_RELDISP ioctl to complete the switch.
- */
- return;
- } else {
/*
- * The controlling process has died, so we revert back to
- * normal operation. In this case, we'll also change back
- * to KD_TEXT mode. I'm not sure if this is strictly correct
- * but it saves the agony when the X server dies and the screen
- * remains blanked due to KD_GRAPHICS! It would be nice to do
- * this outside of VT_PROCESS but there is no single process
- * to account for and tracking tty count may be undesirable.
+ * It worked. Mark the vt to switch to and
+ * return. The process needs to send us a
+ * VT_RELDISP ioctl to complete the switch.
*/
- reset_vc(vc);
+ return;
}
/*
- * Fall through to normal (VT_AUTO and VT_PROCESS_AUTO) handling of the switch...
+ * The controlling process has died, so we revert back to
+ * normal operation. In this case, we'll also change back
+ * to KD_TEXT mode. I'm not sure if this is strictly correct
+ * but it saves the agony when the X server dies and the screen
+ * remains blanked due to KD_GRAPHICS! It would be nice to do
+ * this outside of VT_PROCESS but there is no single process
+ * to account for and tracking tty count may be undesirable.
+ */
+ reset_vc(vc);
+
+ /*
+ * Fall through to normal (VT_AUTO) handling of the switch...
*/
}