include/linux/console.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/linux/console.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/linux/console.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 26856 bytes
- Lines
- 743
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Uses kernel synchronization; read lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt context assumptions before translating.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/atomic.hlinux/bits.hlinux/irq_work.hlinux/rculist.hlinux/rcuwait.hlinux/smp.hlinux/types.hlinux/vesa.h
Detected Declarations
struct vc_datastruct console_font_opstruct console_fontstruct modulestruct tty_structstruct notifier_blockstruct conswstruct screen_infostruct nbcon_statestruct consolestruct printk_buffersstruct nbcon_contextstruct nbcon_write_contextstruct consoleenum con_scrollenum vc_intensityenum cons_flagsenum nbcon_prioenum con_flush_modefunction vgacon_register_screenfunction con_debug_enterfunction lockdep_assert_console_list_lock_heldfunction console_srcu_read_lock_is_heldfunction validfunction console_srcu_write_flagsfunction console_is_registered_lockedfunction exitfunction console_is_usablefunction nbcon_cpu_emergency_enterfunction nbcon_write_context_set_buffunction nbcon_exit_unsafefunction nbcon_reacquire_nobuffunction nbcon_kdb_releasefunction console_sysfs_notify
Annotated Snippet
struct consw {
struct module *owner;
const char *(*con_startup)(void);
void (*con_init)(struct vc_data *vc, bool init);
void (*con_deinit)(struct vc_data *vc);
void (*con_clear)(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int y,
unsigned int x, unsigned int count);
void (*con_putc)(struct vc_data *vc, u16 ca, unsigned int y,
unsigned int x);
void (*con_putcs)(struct vc_data *vc, const u16 *s,
unsigned int count, unsigned int ypos,
unsigned int xpos);
void (*con_cursor)(struct vc_data *vc, bool enable);
bool (*con_scroll)(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int top,
unsigned int bottom, enum con_scroll dir,
unsigned int lines);
bool (*con_switch)(struct vc_data *vc);
bool (*con_blank)(struct vc_data *vc, enum vesa_blank_mode blank,
bool mode_switch);
int (*con_font_set)(struct vc_data *vc,
const struct console_font *font,
unsigned int vpitch, unsigned int flags);
int (*con_font_get)(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font *font,
unsigned int vpitch);
int (*con_font_default)(struct vc_data *vc,
struct console_font *font, const char *name);
int (*con_resize)(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int width,
unsigned int height, bool from_user);
void (*con_set_palette)(struct vc_data *vc,
const unsigned char *table);
void (*con_scrolldelta)(struct vc_data *vc, int lines);
bool (*con_set_origin)(struct vc_data *vc);
void (*con_save_screen)(struct vc_data *vc);
u8 (*con_build_attr)(struct vc_data *vc, u8 color,
enum vc_intensity intensity,
bool blink, bool underline, bool reverse, bool italic);
void (*con_invert_region)(struct vc_data *vc, u16 *p, int count);
};
extern const struct consw *conswitchp;
extern const struct consw dummy_con; /* dummy console buffer */
extern const struct consw vga_con; /* VGA text console */
extern const struct consw newport_con; /* SGI Newport console */
struct screen_info;
#ifdef CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE
void vgacon_register_screen(struct screen_info *si);
#else
static inline void vgacon_register_screen(struct screen_info *si) { }
#endif
int con_is_bound(const struct consw *csw);
int do_unregister_con_driver(const struct consw *csw);
int do_take_over_console(const struct consw *sw, int first, int last, int deflt);
void give_up_console(const struct consw *sw);
#ifdef CONFIG_VT
void con_debug_enter(struct vc_data *vc);
void con_debug_leave(void);
#else
static inline void con_debug_enter(struct vc_data *vc) { }
static inline void con_debug_leave(void) { }
#endif
/*
* The interface for a console, or any other device that wants to capture
* console messages (printer driver?)
*/
/**
* enum cons_flags - General console flags
* @CON_PRINTBUFFER: Used by newly registered consoles to avoid duplicate
* output of messages that were already shown by boot
* consoles or read by userspace via syslog() syscall.
* @CON_CONSDEV: Indicates that the console driver is backing
* /dev/console.
* @CON_ENABLED: Indicates if a console is allowed to print records. If
* false, the console also will not advance to later
* records.
* @CON_BOOT: Marks the console driver as early console driver which
* is used during boot before the real driver becomes
* available. It will be automatically unregistered
* when the real console driver is registered unless
* "keep_bootcon" parameter is used.
* @CON_ANYTIME: A misnomed historical flag which tells the core code
* that the legacy @console::write callback can be invoked
* on a CPU which is marked OFFLINE. That is misleading as
* it suggests that there is no contextual limit for
* invoking the callback. The original motivation was
* readiness of the per-CPU areas.
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/atomic.h`, `linux/bits.h`, `linux/irq_work.h`, `linux/rculist.h`, `linux/rcuwait.h`, `linux/smp.h`, `linux/types.h`, `linux/vesa.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct vc_data`, `struct console_font_op`, `struct console_font`, `struct module`, `struct tty_struct`, `struct notifier_block`, `struct consw`, `struct screen_info`, `struct nbcon_state`, `struct console`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
- Synchronization appears in or near this file; preserve lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt-context constraints.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.