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authorGraham Gower <graham.gower@gmail.com>2010-10-27 15:33:00 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-27 18:03:05 -0700
commit1e0ad2881d50becaeea70ec696a80afeadf944d2 (patch)
tree8286323de610f8e939cc6e9c2ccfd139a92d9e91 /drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
parent8881cdceb25b4fcebfb17a9548ed80c22cf8b066 (diff)
downloadlinux-1e0ad2881d50becaeea70ec696a80afeadf944d2.tar.gz
drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c: fix VT_OPENQRY error value
When all VT's are in use, VT_OPENQRY casts -1 to unsigned char before
returning it to userspace as an int.  VT255 is not the next available
console.

Signed-off-by: Graham Gower <graham.gower@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index 38df8c19e74c..6b68a0fb4611 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
 	struct kbd_struct * kbd;
 	unsigned int console;
 	unsigned char ucval;
+	unsigned int uival;
 	void __user *up = (void __user *)arg;
 	int i, perm;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -657,7 +658,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
 		break;
 
 	case KDGETMODE:
-		ucval = vc->vc_mode;
+		uival = vc->vc_mode;
 		goto setint;
 
 	case KDMAPDISP:
@@ -695,7 +696,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
 		break;
 
 	case KDGKBMODE:
-		ucval = ((kbd->kbdmode == VC_RAW) ? K_RAW :
+		uival = ((kbd->kbdmode == VC_RAW) ? K_RAW :
 				 (kbd->kbdmode == VC_MEDIUMRAW) ? K_MEDIUMRAW :
 				 (kbd->kbdmode == VC_UNICODE) ? K_UNICODE :
 				 K_XLATE);
@@ -717,9 +718,9 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
 		break;
 
 	case KDGKBMETA:
-		ucval = (vc_kbd_mode(kbd, VC_META) ? K_ESCPREFIX : K_METABIT);
+		uival = (vc_kbd_mode(kbd, VC_META) ? K_ESCPREFIX : K_METABIT);
 	setint:
-		ret = put_user(ucval, (int __user *)arg);
+		ret = put_user(uival, (int __user *)arg);
 		break;
 
 	case KDGETKEYCODE:
@@ -949,7 +950,7 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
 		for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES; ++i)
 			if (! VT_IS_IN_USE(i))
 				break;
-		ucval = i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES ? (i+1) : -1;
+		uival = i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES ? (i+1) : -1;
 		goto setint;		 
 
 	/*