CONSOLE_UNLOCK(9)                         Driver Basics                         CONSOLE_UNLOCK(9)



NAME
       console_unlock - unlock the console system

SYNOPSIS
       void console_unlock(void);

ARGUMENTS
       void
           no arguments

DESCRIPTION
       Releases the console_lock which the caller holds on the console system and the console
       driver list.

       While the console_lock was held, console output may have been buffered by printk. If this
       is the case, console_unlock; emits the output prior to releasing the lock.

       If there is output waiting, we wake /dev/kmsg and syslog users.

       console_unlock; may be called from any context.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                         CONSOLE_UNLOCK(9)