Bernhard Walle 5ada918b82 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 <bernhard@bwalle.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>		2009-12-15 08:53:28 -08:00
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asm-generic	WARN_ONCE(): use bool for boolean flag	2009-12-15 08:53:25 -08:00
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linux	vt: introduce and use vt_kmsg_redirect() function	2009-12-15 08:53:28 -08:00
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net	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu	2009-12-14 09:58:24 -08:00
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