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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c index 76407eca9ab..4f6ae05eb4f 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c @@ -3545,7 +3545,7 @@ int register_con_driver(const struct consw *csw, int first, int last) /* already registered */ if (con_driver->con == csw) - retval = -EINVAL; + retval = -EBUSY; } if (retval) @@ -3656,7 +3656,12 @@ int take_over_console(const struct consw *csw, int first, int last, int deflt) int err; err = register_con_driver(csw, first, last); - + /* if we get an busy error we still want to bind the console driver + * and return success, as we may have unbound the console driver + * but not unregistered it. + */ + if (err == -EBUSY) + err = 0; if (!err) bind_con_driver(csw, first, last, deflt); |