Re: [PATCH 6.12 000/565] 6.12.58-rc1 review

From: Jari Ruusu

Date: Wed Nov 26 2025 - 07:21:44 EST


Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > tty/vt: Add missing return value for VT_RESIZE in vt_ioctl()
>
> This one was backported wrongly to 6.12:
>
> +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
> @@ -923,7 +923,9 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty,
>
> if (vc) {
> /* FIXME: review v tty lock */
> - __vc_resize(vc_cons[i].d, cc, ll, true);
> + ret = __vc_resize(vc_cons[i].d, cc, ll, true);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> }
> }
> console_unlock();
>
> It needs to do console_unlock() before returning.

I have already sent 2 emails about this, but Greg's to-do
list seems to be very long, or something like that.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/zuLBWV-yhJXc0iM4l5T-O63M-kKmI2FlUSVgZl6B3WubvFEHRbBYQyhKsRcK4YyKk_iePF4STJihe7hx5H3KCU2KblG32oXwsxn9tzpTm5w=@protonmail.com/

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8mT8aJsAQPfUnmI5mmsgbUweQAptUFDu5XqhrxPPI1DgJr7GPpbwrpQQW22Nj7fsBc5M5YKG8g0EceNQ_b3d-RPhk6RSQgGCqvaVzzWSIQw=@protonmail.com/

That second email has a small test program to demo the
problem and a patch to fix it for 6.12.58+ and 6.17.8+

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