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-rw-r--r--drivers/video/console/fbcon.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
index 2e471c22abf..88e92041d8f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
@@ -372,8 +372,15 @@ static void fb_flashcursor(struct work_struct *work)
struct vc_data *vc = NULL;
int c;
int mode;
+ int ret;
+
+ /* FIXME: we should sort out the unbind locking instead */
+ /* instead we just fail to flash the cursor if we can't get
+ * the lock instead of blocking fbcon deinit */
+ ret = console_trylock();
+ if (ret == 0)
+ return;
- console_lock();
if (ops && ops->currcon != -1)
vc = vc_cons[ops->currcon].d;