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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c index 35d21cdb60d0..0cfbb7182b5a 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c @@ -936,10 +936,21 @@ static void flush_scrollback(struct vc_data *vc) WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED(); set_origin(vc); - if (vc->vc_sw->con_flush_scrollback) + if (vc->vc_sw->con_flush_scrollback) { vc->vc_sw->con_flush_scrollback(vc); - else + } else if (con_is_visible(vc)) { + /* + * When no con_flush_scrollback method is provided then the + * legacy way for flushing the scrollback buffer is to use + * a side effect of the con_switch method. We do it only on + * the foreground console as background consoles have no + * scrollback buffers in that case and we obviously don't + * want to switch to them. + */ + hide_cursor(vc); vc->vc_sw->con_switch(vc); + set_cursor(vc); + } } /* |