From d10dc1e41cf562c04156f8bea5a7bd5e4f92cdc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yifeng Li Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 07:02:49 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] tty: vt.c: Fix TIOCL_BLANKSCREEN console blanking if blankinterval == 0 commit 75ddbc1fb11efac87b611d48e9802f6fe2bb2163 upstream. Previously, in the userspace, it was possible to use the "setterm" command from util-linux to blank the VT console by default, using the following command. According to the man page, > The force option keeps the screen blank even if a key is pressed. It was implemented by calling TIOCL_BLANKSCREEN. case BLANKSCREEN: ioctlarg = TIOCL_BLANKSCREEN; if (ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCLINUX, &ioctlarg)) warn(_("cannot force blank")); break; However, after Linux 4.12, this command ceased to work anymore, which is unexpected. By inspecting the kernel source, it shows that the issue was triggered by the side-effect from commit a4199f5eb809 ("tty: Disable default console blanking interval"). The console blanking is implemented by function do_blank_screen() in vt.c: "blank_state" will be initialized to "blank_normal_wait" in con_init() if AND ONLY IF ("blankinterval" > 0). If "blankinterval" is 0, "blank_state" will be "blank_off" (== 0), and a call to do_blank_screen() will always abort, even if a forced blanking is required from the user by calling TIOCL_BLANKSCREEN, the console won't be blanked. This behavior is unexpected from a user's point-of-view, since it's not mentioned in any documentation. The setterm man page suggests it will always work, and the kernel comments in uapi/linux/tiocl.h says > /* keep screen blank even if a key is pressed */ > #define TIOCL_BLANKSCREEN 14 To fix it, we simply remove the "blank_state != blank_off" check, as pointed out by Nicolas Pitre, this check doesn't logically make sense and it's safe to remove. Suggested-by: Nicolas Pitre Fixes: a4199f5eb809 ("tty: Disable default console blanking interval") Signed-off-by: Yifeng Li Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c index 6ff921cf9a9e..06761fcedeff 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c @@ -3840,8 +3840,6 @@ void do_blank_screen(int entering_gfx) return; } - if (blank_state != blank_normal_wait) - return; blank_state = blank_off; /* don't blank graphics */ -- 2.20.1