Alt-arrow console switch sometimes dropped

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

Alt-arrow console switch is routinely dropped under high load. This
patch fixes it: alt-arrow has to start from console _we want to switch
to_, if switch is already pending. Please apply,
								Pavel

Index: linux.new/drivers/char/keyboard.c
===================================================================
--- linux.new.orig/drivers/char/keyboard.c	2003-12-25 13:28:51.000000000 +0100
+++ linux.new/drivers/char/keyboard.c	2003-12-25 13:29:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -507,8 +528,12 @@
 static void fn_inc_console(struct vc_data *vc, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	int i;
+	int cur = fg_console;
 
-	for (i = fg_console+1; i != fg_console; i++) {
+	if (want_console != -1)
+		cur = want_console;
+
+	for (i = cur+1; i != cur; i++) {
 		if (i == MAX_NR_CONSOLES)
 			i = 0;
 		if (vc_cons_allocated(i))


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