Revert "tty: Add a new VT mode which is like VT_PROCESS but doesn't require a VT_RELDISP ioctl call"

This reverts commit eec9fe7d1a.

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>
This commit is contained in:
Greg Kroah-Hartman 2010-03-15 17:14:15 -07:00
parent a3d3203e4b
commit 87a6aca504
2 changed files with 20 additions and 22 deletions

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@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
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 @@ static void complete_change_console(struct vc_data *vc)
* 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 @@ void change_console(struct vc_data *new_vc)
* 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 @@ void change_console(struct vc_data *new_vc)
*/
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...
*/
}

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@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct vt_mode {
#define VT_SETMODE 0x5602 /* set mode of active vt */
#define VT_AUTO 0x00 /* auto vt switching */
#define VT_PROCESS 0x01 /* process controls switching */
#define VT_PROCESS_AUTO 0x02 /* process is notified of switching */
#define VT_ACKACQ 0x02 /* acknowledge switch */
struct vt_stat {
unsigned short v_active; /* active vt */
@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ struct vt_stat {
#define VT_SENDSIG 0x5604 /* signal to send to bitmask of vts */
#define VT_RELDISP 0x5605 /* release display */
#define VT_ACKACQ 0x02 /* acknowledge switch */
#define VT_ACTIVATE 0x5606 /* make vt active */
#define VT_WAITACTIVE 0x5607 /* wait for vt active */