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.\"    Manual: Driver Basics
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.TH "CONSOLE_UNLOCK" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Driver Basics"
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.SH "NAME"
console_unlock \- unlock the console system
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ console_unlock('u
.BI "void console_unlock(" "void" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIvoid\fR
.RS 4
no arguments
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
.PP
Releases the console_lock which the caller holds on the console system and the console driver list\&.
.PP
While the console_lock was held, console output may have been buffered by
\fBprintk\fR\&. If this is the case,
\fBconsole_unlock\fR; emits the output prior to releasing the lock\&.
.PP
If there is output waiting, we wake /dev/kmsg and
\fBsyslog\fR
users\&.
.PP
\fBconsole_unlock\fR; may be called from any context\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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