From 5ada918b82399eef3afd6a71e3637697d6bd719f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernhard Walle Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:00:43 -0800 Subject: vt: introduce and use vt_kmsg_redirect() function The kernel offers with TIOCL_GETKMSGREDIRECT ioctl() the possibility to redirect the kernel messages to a specific console. However, since it's not possible to switch to the kernel message console after a panic(), it would be nice if the kernel would print the panic message on the current console. This patch series adds a new interface to access the global kmsg_redirect variable by a function to be able to use it in code where CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE is not set (kernel/panic.c). This patch: Instead of using and exporting a global value kmsg_redirect, introduce a function vt_kmsg_redirect() that both can set and return the console where messages are printed. Change all users of kmsg_redirect (the VT code itself and kernel/power.c) to the new interface. The main advantage is that vt_kmsg_redirect() can also be used when CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE is not set. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle Cc: Alan Cox Cc: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/vt.h | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/vt.h') diff --git a/include/linux/vt.h b/include/linux/vt.h index 7ffa11f06232..3fb9944e50a6 100644 --- a/include/linux/vt.h +++ b/include/linux/vt.h @@ -84,4 +84,19 @@ struct vt_setactivate { #define VT_SETACTIVATE 0x560F /* Activate and set the mode of a console */ +#ifdef CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE + +extern int vt_kmsg_redirect(int new); + +#else + +static inline int vt_kmsg_redirect(int new) +{ + return 0; +} + +#endif + +#define vt_get_kmsg_redirect() vt_kmsg_redirect(-1) + #endif /* _LINUX_VT_H */ -- cgit v1.2.3