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Linus Torvalds a9cbbb80e3 tty: avoid using vfs_iocb_iter_write() for redirected console writes
It turns out that the vfs_iocb_iter_{read,write}() functions are
entirely broken, and don't actually use the passed-in file pointer for
IO - only for the preparatory work (permission checking and for the
write_iter function lookup).

That worked fine for overlayfs, which always builds the new iocb with
the same file pointer that it passes in, but in the general case it ends
up doing nonsensical things (and could cause an iterator call that
doesn't even match the passed-in file pointer).

This subtly broke the tty conversion to write_iter in commit
9bb48c82ac ("tty: implement write_iter"), because the console
redirection didn't actually end up redirecting anything, since the
passed-in file pointer was basically ignored, and the actual write was
done with the original non-redirected console tty after all.

The main visible effect of this is that the console messages were no
longer logged to /var/log/boot.log during graphical boot.

Fix the issue by simply not using the vfs write "helper" function at
all, and just redirecting the write entirely internally to the tty
layer.  Do the target writability permission checks when actually
registering the target tty with TIOCCONS instead of at write time.

Fixes: 9bb48c82ac ("tty: implement write_iter")
Reported-and-tested-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2021-01-29 13:12:17 -08:00
Documentation Networking fixes for 5.11-rc6, including fixes from can, xfrm, wireless, 2021-01-28 15:24:43 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the CC-BY-4.0 license 2020-12-08 10:33:27 -07:00
arch xen: branch for v5.11-rc6 2021-01-28 10:08:08 -08:00
block block-5.11-2021-01-10 2021-01-10 12:53:08 -08:00
certs .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
crypto X.509: Fix crash caused by NULL pointer 2021-01-20 11:33:51 -08:00
drivers tty: avoid using vfs_iocb_iter_write() for redirected console writes 2021-01-29 13:12:17 -08:00
fs Fix a regression, introduced in v5.11-rc1, that resulted in two rounds 2021-01-28 19:40:26 -08:00
include Networking fixes for 5.11-rc6, including fixes from can, xfrm, wireless, 2021-01-28 15:24:43 -08:00
init Revert "init/console: Use ttynull as a fallback when there is no console" 2021-01-08 11:02:18 -08:00
ipc Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-12-15 12:53:37 -08:00
kernel futex: Handle faults correctly for PI futexes 2021-01-26 15:11:00 +01:00
lib ubsan: disable unsigned-overflow check for i386 2021-01-24 10:34:52 -08:00
mm Revert "mm/slub: fix a memory leak in sysfs_slab_add()" 2021-01-28 09:05:44 -08:00
net Networking fixes for 5.11-rc6, including fixes from can, xfrm, wireless, 2021-01-28 15:24:43 -08:00
samples ARM: SoC drivers for v5.11 2020-12-16 16:38:41 -08:00
scripts Kbuild fixes for v5.11 2021-01-10 13:24:55 -08:00
security dump_common_audit_data(): fix racy accesses to ->d_name 2021-01-16 15:11:35 -05:00
sound ALSA: hda/via: Apply the workaround generically for Clevo machines 2021-01-26 18:05:03 +01:00
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usr Merge branch 'work.fdpic' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-08-07 13:29:39 -07:00
virt KVM/arm64 fixes for 5.11, take #2 2021-01-25 18:52:01 -05:00
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Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Networking fixes for 5.11-rc6, including fixes from can, xfrm, wireless, 2021-01-28 15:24:43 -08:00
Makefile Linux 5.11-rc5 2021-01-24 16:47:14 -08:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.