From 9fc3de9c83565fcaa23df74c2fc414bb6e7efb0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arthur Taylor Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:55:50 -0800 Subject: vt: Add virtual console keyboard mode OFF virtual console: add keyboard mode OFF Add a new mode for the virtual console keyboard OFF in which all input other than shift keys is ignored. Prevents vt input buffers from overflowing when a program opens but doesn't read from a tty, like X11 using evdev for input. Signed-off-by: Arthur Taylor Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- include/linux/kbd_kern.h | 3 ++- include/linux/kd.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/kbd_kern.h b/include/linux/kbd_kern.h index 506ad20c18f8..4b0761cc7dd9 100644 --- a/include/linux/kbd_kern.h +++ b/include/linux/kbd_kern.h @@ -50,11 +50,12 @@ struct kbd_struct { #define VC_CAPSLOCK 2 /* capslock mode */ #define VC_KANALOCK 3 /* kanalock mode */ - unsigned char kbdmode:2; /* one 2-bit value */ + unsigned char kbdmode:3; /* one 3-bit value */ #define VC_XLATE 0 /* translate keycodes using keymap */ #define VC_MEDIUMRAW 1 /* medium raw (keycode) mode */ #define VC_RAW 2 /* raw (scancode) mode */ #define VC_UNICODE 3 /* Unicode mode */ +#define VC_OFF 4 /* disabled mode */ unsigned char modeflags:5; #define VC_APPLIC 0 /* application key mode */ diff --git a/include/linux/kd.h b/include/linux/kd.h index 15f2853ea58f..c36d8476db55 100644 --- a/include/linux/kd.h +++ b/include/linux/kd.h @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct unimapinit { #define K_XLATE 0x01 #define K_MEDIUMRAW 0x02 #define K_UNICODE 0x03 +#define K_OFF 0x04 #define KDGKBMODE 0x4B44 /* gets current keyboard mode */ #define KDSKBMODE 0x4B45 /* sets current keyboard mode */ -- cgit v1.2.3