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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/vt/selection.c13
-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/vt/vt.c2
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
index 0e5f4f706f01..582f160eb185 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int store_utf8(u16 c, char *p)
* The entire selection process is managed under the console_lock. It's
* a lot under the lock but its hardly a performance path
*/
-int set_selection(const struct tiocl_selection __user *sel, struct tty_struct *tty)
+static int __set_selection(const struct tiocl_selection __user *sel, struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct vc_data *vc = vc_cons[fg_console].d;
int sel_mode, new_sel_start, new_sel_end, spc;
@@ -334,6 +334,17 @@ unlock:
return ret;
}
+int set_selection(const struct tiocl_selection __user *v, struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ console_lock();
+ ret = __set_selection(v, tty);
+ console_unlock();
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
/* Insert the contents of the selection buffer into the
* queue of the tty associated with the current console.
* Invoked by ioctl().
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 232cb0a760b9..c1d3b685a587 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -2690,9 +2690,7 @@ int tioclinux(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned long arg)
switch (type)
{
case TIOCL_SETSEL:
- console_lock();
ret = set_selection((struct tiocl_selection __user *)(p+1), tty);
- console_unlock();
break;
case TIOCL_PASTESEL:
ret = paste_selection(tty);