1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
index 2e471c22abf5..fdefa8fd72c4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
@@ -372,8 +372,15 @@ static void fb_flashcursor(struct work_struct *work)
         struct vc_data *vc = NULL;
         int c;
         int mode;
+        int ret;
+
+        /* FIXME: we should sort out the unbind locking instead */
+        /* instead we just fail to flash the cursor if we can't get
+         * the lock instead of blocking fbcon deinit */
+        ret = console_trylock();
+        if (ret == 0)
+                return;
 
-        console_lock();
         if (ops && ops->currcon != -1)
                 vc = vc_cons[ops->currcon].d;
 
@@ -442,7 +449,7 @@ static int __init fb_console_setup(char *this_opt)
 
         while ((options = strsep(&this_opt, ",")) != NULL) {
                 if (!strncmp(options, "font:", 5))
-                        strcpy(fontname, options + 5);
+                        strlcpy(fontname, options + 5, sizeof(fontname));
                 
                 if (!strncmp(options, "scrollback:", 11)) {
                         options += 11;