vt: Add virtual console keyboard mode OFF
virtual console: add keyboard mode OFF
Add a new mode for the virtual console keyboard OFF in which all input
other than shift keys is ignored. Prevents vt input buffers from
overflowing when a program opens but doesn't read from a tty, like X11
using evdev for input.
Signed-off-by: Arthur Taylor <art@ified.ca>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/kbd_kern.h b/include/linux/kbd_kern.h
index 506ad20..4b0761c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kbd_kern.h
+++ b/include/linux/kbd_kern.h
@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@
#define VC_CAPSLOCK 2 /* capslock mode */
#define VC_KANALOCK 3 /* kanalock mode */
- unsigned char kbdmode:2; /* one 2-bit value */
+ unsigned char kbdmode:3; /* one 3-bit value */
#define VC_XLATE 0 /* translate keycodes using keymap */
#define VC_MEDIUMRAW 1 /* medium raw (keycode) mode */
#define VC_RAW 2 /* raw (scancode) mode */
#define VC_UNICODE 3 /* Unicode mode */
+#define VC_OFF 4 /* disabled mode */
unsigned char modeflags:5;
#define VC_APPLIC 0 /* application key mode */