[PATCH v2] PM/console: Fix the black screen issue

From: tuhaowen
Date: Fri May 16 2025 - 04:41:47 EST


When the computer enters sleep status without a monitor
connected, the system switches the console to the virtual
terminal tty63(SUSPEND_CONSOLE).

If a monitor is subsequently connected before waking up,
the system skips the required VT restoration process
during wake-up, leaving the console on tty63 instead of
switching back to tty1.

To fix this issue, a global flag vt_switch_done is introduced
to record whether the system has successfully switched to
the suspend console via vt_move_to_console() during suspend.

If the switch was completed, vt_switch_done is set to 1.
Later during resume, this flag is checked to ensure that
the original console is restored properly by calling
vt_move_to_console(orig_fgconsole, 0).

This prevents scenarios where the resume logic skips console
restoration due to incorrect detection of the console state,
especially when a monitor is reconnected before waking up.

Signed-off-by: tuhaowen <tuhaowen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Added explanation in the commit message on how the issue is fixed.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250516034643.22355-1-tuhaowen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
kernel/power/console.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/power/console.c b/kernel/power/console.c
index fcdf0e14a47d..832e04bf5439 100644
--- a/kernel/power/console.c
+++ b/kernel/power/console.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#define SUSPEND_CONSOLE (MAX_NR_CONSOLES-1)

static int orig_fgconsole, orig_kmsg;
+static int vt_switch_done;

static DEFINE_MUTEX(vt_switch_mutex);

@@ -136,15 +137,19 @@ void pm_prepare_console(void)
if (orig_fgconsole < 0)
return;

+ vt_switch_done = 1;
+
orig_kmsg = vt_kmsg_redirect(SUSPEND_CONSOLE);
return;
}

void pm_restore_console(void)
{
- if (!pm_vt_switch())
+ if (!pm_vt_switch() && !vt_switch_done)
return;

+ vt_switch_done = 0;
+
if (orig_fgconsole >= 0) {
vt_move_to_console(orig_fgconsole, 0);
vt_kmsg_redirect(orig_kmsg);
--
2.20.1