If we're running under Xen, then there's no VT console. This results
in vc->vc_screenbuf_size == 0, which causes alloc_bootmem to panic.
Don't bother allocating a vc_screenbuf if its going to be 0 sized.
(Cleanup: remove unnecessary cast)
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -2638,7 +2638,10 @@ static int __init con_init(void)
for (currcons = 0; currcons < MIN_NR_CONSOLES; currcons++) {
vc_cons[currcons].d = vc = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(struct
vc_data));
visual_init(vc, currcons, 1);
- vc->vc_screenbuf = (unsigned short
*)alloc_bootmem(vc->vc_screenbuf_size);
+
+ vc->vc_screenbuf = NULL;
+ if (vc->vc_screenbuf_size)
+ vc->vc_screenbuf = alloc_bootmem(vc->vc_screenbuf_size);
vc->vc_kmalloced = 0;
vc_init(vc, vc->vc_rows, vc->vc_cols,
currcons || !vc->vc_sw->con_save_screen);
--
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