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| author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2020-02-24 08:27:54 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2020-02-24 08:27:54 +0100 |
| commit | 1f836f5b10f2524d33efde47d2b694b861ecf319 (patch) | |
| tree | b52188b30d08bff1fe6376832753ca5e0a7e9d15 /drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | |
| parent | a27ad0f7da7ba3d4cf50a08ee5e2cb4b578a4a4c (diff) | |
| parent | f8788d86ab28f61f7b46eb6be375f8a726783636 (diff) | |
Merge 5.6-rc3 into char-misc-next
We need the char/misc fixes in here as well.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty/vt/vt.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c index 35d21cdb60d0..0cfbb7182b5a 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c @@ -936,10 +936,21 @@ static void flush_scrollback(struct vc_data *vc) WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED(); set_origin(vc); - if (vc->vc_sw->con_flush_scrollback) + if (vc->vc_sw->con_flush_scrollback) { vc->vc_sw->con_flush_scrollback(vc); - else + } else if (con_is_visible(vc)) { + /* + * When no con_flush_scrollback method is provided then the + * legacy way for flushing the scrollback buffer is to use + * a side effect of the con_switch method. We do it only on + * the foreground console as background consoles have no + * scrollback buffers in that case and we obviously don't + * want to switch to them. + */ + hide_cursor(vc); vc->vc_sw->con_switch(vc); + set_cursor(vc); + } } /* |