Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Johannes Hostert <> | Subject | [PATCH] vt: vt_ioctl: Add new ioctl to read vt switch lock state | Date | Sun, 26 Apr 2020 01:14:34 +0200 |
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The existing ioctls VT_LOCKSWITCH and VT_UNLOCKSWITCH can be used to allow/disallow switching the virtual terminal. However, no mechanism exists that allows software to read this lock state.
Userspace programs that try to switch to another virtual terminal like chvt have no mechanism to figure out whether they will be able to actually switch the terminal. When eg. chvt is run while terminal switching is disabled, it simply sleeps forever waiting for the target terminal to become active.
This commit introduces a new ioctl VT_GETLOCKSWITCH that allows reading the current state of the switch lock flag. Userspace software can then use that flag and handle not being able to switch virtual terminals.
Example program using this:
#include <linux/vt.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <errno.h> #include <error.h> #include <unistd.h> const char* console_device = "/dev/tty0"; int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { int fd; while ((fd = open(console_device, O_RDWR)) == -1 && errno == EINTR); if (fd < 0) error(1, errno, "Opening %s", console_device); int ret; while ((ret = ioctl(fd, VT_GETLOCKSWITCH, 1)) == -1 && errno == EINTR); if (ret == -1) error(1, errno, "%s: VT_GETLOCKSWITCH", console_device); printf("VT switching is %s\n", ret == 1 ? "locked" : "unlocked"); close(fd); return 0; }
Signed-off-by: Johannes Hostert <jojohostert@gmail.com> --- drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c | 5 +++++ include/uapi/linux/vt.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c index daf61c28ba76..08b808e1fbf0 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c @@ -1028,6 +1028,11 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, return -EPERM; vt_dont_switch = false; break; + case VT_GETLOCKSWITCH: + if (!capable(CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG)) + return -EPERM; + ret = vt_dont_switch ? 1 : 0; + break; case VT_GETHIFONTMASK: ret = put_user(vc->vc_hi_font_mask, (unsigned short __user *)arg); diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vt.h b/include/uapi/linux/vt.h index e9d39c48520a..13a1e82dfb14 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/vt.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vt.h @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct vt_consize { #define VT_RESIZEX 0x560A /* set kernel's idea of screensize + more */ #define VT_LOCKSWITCH 0x560B /* disallow vt switching */ #define VT_UNLOCKSWITCH 0x560C /* allow vt switching */ +#define VT_GETLOCKSWITCH 0x5610 /* return vt switch lock state */ #define VT_GETHIFONTMASK 0x560D /* return hi font mask */ struct vt_event { -- 2.26.2
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