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The patcha6dbe44275("vt: perform safe console erase in the right order") introduced a bug. The conditional do_update_region() was replaced by a call to update_region() that does contain the conditional already, but with unwanted extra side effects such as restoring the cursor drawing. In order to reproduce the bug: - use framebuffer console with the AMDGPU driver - type "links" to start the console www browser - press 'q' and space to exit links Now the cursor will be permanently visible in the center of the screen. It will stay there until something overwrites it. The bug goes away if we change update_region() back to the conditional do_update_region(). [ nico: reworded changelog ] Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes:a6dbe44275("vt: perform safe console erase in the right order") Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.