.TH "release_console_sem" 9 "release_console_sem" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX
.SH NAME
release_console_sem \-  unlock the console system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "void" release_console_sem
.BI "(" void ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP "void" 12
no arguments
.SH "DESCRIPTION"

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

While the semaphore was held, console output may have been buffered
by \fBprintk\fP.  If this is the case, \fBrelease_console_sem\fP emits
the output prior to releasing the semaphore.

If there is output waiting for klogd, we wake it up.

\fBrelease_console_sem\fP may be called from any context.