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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
index 1850bacdb5b0..f566eb1839dc 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
@@ -386,10 +386,6 @@ vcs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
uni_mode = use_unicode(inode);
attr = use_attributes(inode);
- ret = -ENXIO;
- vc = vcs_vc(inode, &viewed);
- if (!vc)
- goto unlock_out;
ret = -EINVAL;
if (pos < 0)
@@ -407,6 +403,11 @@ vcs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
unsigned int this_round, skip = 0;
int size;
+ ret = -ENXIO;
+ vc = vcs_vc(inode, &viewed);
+ if (!vc)
+ goto unlock_out;
+
/* Check whether we are above size each round,
* as copy_to_user at the end of this loop
* could sleep.