Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | Bug in drivers/char/vt.c | Date | Wed, 20 Aug 1997 21:12:50 +0200 (MET DST) | From | "Han Holl" <> |
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Hi,
I guess I found a bug in the kernel. (My first!). The consoles reported back in vstat->v_state on the VT_GETSTATE request are shifted by one, and tty0 is reported twice. (Please don't tell me POSIX requires this <G>).
Here's the patch: (against 2.0.30)
--- vt.c.orig Wed Aug 20 20:27:19 1997 +++ vt.c Wed Aug 20 20:27:49 1997 @@ -750,5 +750,5 @@ put_user(fg_console + 1, &vtstat->v_active); state = 1; /* /dev/tty0 is always open */ - for (i = 0, mask = 2; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES && mask; ++i, mask <<= 1) + for (i = 1, mask = 2; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES && mask; ++i, mask <<= 1) if (VT_IS_IN_USE(i)) state |= mask; Han Holl
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