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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index a53e382cc10..dc408af165a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -645,13 +645,16 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
*/
case KDSIGACCEPT:
{
- extern int spawnpid, spawnsig;
if (!perm || !capable(CAP_KILL))
return -EPERM;
if (!valid_signal(arg) || arg < 1 || arg == SIGKILL)
return -EINVAL;
- spawnpid = current->pid;
- spawnsig = arg;
+
+ spin_lock_irq(&vt_spawn_con.lock);
+ put_pid(vt_spawn_con.pid);
+ vt_spawn_con.pid = get_pid(task_pid(current));
+ vt_spawn_con.sig = arg;
+ spin_unlock_irq(&vt_spawn_con.lock);
return 0;
}