vt: Add virtual console keyboard mode OFF
virtual console: add keyboard mode OFF
Add a new mode for the virtual console keyboard OFF in which all input
other than shift keys is ignored. Prevents vt input buffers from
overflowing when a program opens but doesn't read from a tty, like X11
using evdev for input.
Signed-off-by: Arthur Taylor <art@ified.ca>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
index e95d787..6dd3c68 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
@@ -654,7 +654,8 @@
if (value >= ARRAY_SIZE(fn_handler))
return;
if ((kbd->kbdmode == VC_RAW ||
- kbd->kbdmode == VC_MEDIUMRAW) &&
+ kbd->kbdmode == VC_MEDIUMRAW ||
+ kbd->kbdmode == VC_OFF) &&
value != KVAL(K_SAK))
return; /* SAK is allowed even in raw mode */
fn_handler[value](vc);
@@ -1295,7 +1296,7 @@
if (rc == NOTIFY_STOP)
return;
- if (raw_mode && type != KT_SPEC && type != KT_SHIFT)
+ if ((raw_mode || kbd->kbdmode == VC_OFF) && type != KT_SPEC && type != KT_SHIFT)
return;
(*k_handler[type])(vc, keysym & 0xff, !down);