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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/vt/vt.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index b230bd3..147ede34 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@ int __init vty_init(const struct file_operations *console_fops)
if (IS_ERR(tty0dev))
tty0dev = NULL;
else
- device_create_file(tty0dev, &dev_attr_active);
+ WARN_ON(device_create_file(tty0dev, &dev_attr_active) < 0);
vcs_init();
@@ -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);
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