From: Jaidev Shastri via B4 Relay <devnull+jaidevshastri.vt.edu@kernel.org>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
Jaidev Shastri <jaidevshastri@vt.edu>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] vt: order console_blanked between blanking and unblanking
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:27:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921-mb-vt-v1-2-71b7990c26c1@vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260921-mb-vt-v1-0-71b7990c26c1@vt.edu>
From: Jaidev Shastri <jaidevshastri@vt.edu>
do_blank_screen() records the blanked console in console_blanked with a
plain store, after blank_state and the console state have been updated.
do_unblank_screen() tests console_blanked with a plain load before it
uses that state.
Store it with smp_store_release() and read it with smp_load_acquire().
Found with MBCheck, a static herd7-based memory consistency checker.
Signed-off-by: Jaidev Shastri <jaidevshastri@vt.edu>
---
drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 3abbd6cf9..726402167 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -4683,7 +4683,8 @@ void do_blank_screen(int entering_gfx)
hide_cursor(vc);
save_screen(vc);
vc->vc_sw->con_blank(vc, VESA_VSYNC_SUSPEND, 1);
- console_blanked = fg_console + 1;
+ /* Pairs with the smp_load_acquire() in do_unblank_screen(). */
+ smp_store_release(&console_blanked, fg_console + 1);
blank_state = blank_off;
set_origin(vc);
return;
@@ -4693,7 +4694,8 @@ void do_blank_screen(int entering_gfx)
/* don't blank graphics */
if (vc->vc_mode != KD_TEXT) {
- console_blanked = fg_console + 1;
+ /* Pairs with the smp_load_acquire() in do_unblank_screen(). */
+ smp_store_release(&console_blanked, fg_console + 1);
return;
}
@@ -4705,7 +4707,8 @@ void do_blank_screen(int entering_gfx)
/* In case we need to reset origin, blanking hook returns 1 */
i = vc->vc_sw->con_blank(vc, vesa_off_interval ? VESA_VSYNC_SUSPEND :
(vesa_blank_mode + 1), 0);
- console_blanked = fg_console + 1;
+ /* Pairs with the smp_load_acquire() in do_unblank_screen(). */
+ smp_store_release(&console_blanked, fg_console + 1);
if (i)
set_origin(vc);
@@ -4737,7 +4740,8 @@ void do_unblank_screen(int leaving_gfx)
WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED();
ignore_poke = 0;
- if (!console_blanked)
+ /* Pairs with the smp_store_release() in do_blank_screen(). */
+ if (!smp_load_acquire(&console_blanked))
return;
if (!vc_cons_allocated(fg_console)) {
/* impossible */
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-22 1:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-22 1:27 [PATCH 0/3] vt: make the console_lock ordering explicit for three variables Jaidev Shastri via B4 Relay
2026-09-22 1:27 ` [PATCH 1/3] vt: order the fg_console switch against vt_console_print() Jaidev Shastri via B4 Relay
2026-09-22 1:45 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-23 12:50 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-09-22 1:27 ` Jaidev Shastri via B4 Relay [this message]
2026-09-22 1:38 ` [PATCH 2/3] vt: order console_blanked between blanking and unblanking sashiko-bot
2026-09-22 1:27 ` [PATCH 3/3] vt: order the vc_cons[] clear against console_callback() Jaidev Shastri via B4 Relay
2026-09-22 1:38 ` sashiko-bot
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