From: Stefano Stabellini Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:29:59 +0000 (-0700) Subject: vt: do not update when the console is blanked X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f700d6e5e5549cb9349d22043f4bd153792c621f;p=mv-sheeva.git vt: do not update when the console is blanked vt.c DO_UPDATE macro checks if the console is visible but doesn't check if the console is blanked. In fact updating fbcon while the console is blanked is not only unnecessary but can even cause screen corruption. Therefore I am adding a simple check on console_blanked in DO_UPDATE. Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini Cc: Krzysztof Helt Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c index ab53a1d4d89..cb8c90da393 100644 --- a/drivers/char/vt.c +++ b/drivers/char/vt.c @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static void notify_update(struct vc_data *vc) #ifdef VT_BUF_VRAM_ONLY #define DO_UPDATE(vc) 0 #else -#define DO_UPDATE(vc) CON_IS_VISIBLE(vc) +#define DO_UPDATE(vc) (CON_IS_VISIBLE(vc) && !console_blanked) #endif static inline unsigned short *screenpos(struct vc_data *vc, int offset, int viewed)