*: use get_console_fd() as appropriate, and make it fail on open error -

 get_console_fd_or_die().

function                                             old     new   delta
get_console_fd_or_die                                  -     163    +163
loadkmap_main                                        211     201     -10
loadfont_main                                        440     430     -10
dumpkmap_main                                        218     208     -10
kbd_mode_main                                        158     146     -12
setkeycodes_main                                     156     143     -13
get_console_fd                                       163       -    -163
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 1/1 grow/shrink: 0/5 up/down: 163/-218)          Total: -55 bytes

9 files changed, 20 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/console-tools/chvt.c b/console-tools/chvt.c
index ea3e7c048..302ffb4f9 100644
--- a/console-tools/chvt.c
+++ b/console-tools/chvt.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ int chvt_main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
 
         num = xatou_range(argv[1], 1, 63);
-        /* double cast suppresses "cast to ptr from int of different size" */
-        console_make_active(get_console_fd(), num);
+        console_make_active(get_console_fd_or_die(), num);
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/console-tools/deallocvt.c b/console-tools/deallocvt.c
index e9a3989c7..09748834f 100644
--- a/console-tools/deallocvt.c
+++ b/console-tools/deallocvt.c
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ int deallocvt_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         }
 
         /* double cast suppresses "cast to ptr from int of different size" */
-        xioctl(get_console_fd(), VT_DISALLOCATE, (void *)(ptrdiff_t)num);
+        xioctl(get_console_fd_or_die(), VT_DISALLOCATE, (void *)(ptrdiff_t)num);
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/console-tools/dumpkmap.c b/console-tools/dumpkmap.c
index 1d6bbdc63..c382b5af9 100644
--- a/console-tools/dumpkmap.c
+++ b/console-tools/dumpkmap.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int dumpkmap_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 
 /*      bb_warn_ignoring_args(argc>=2);*/
 
-        fd = xopen(CURRENT_VC, O_RDWR);
+        fd = get_console_fd_or_die();
 
         write(STDOUT_FILENO, "bkeymap", 7);
 
diff --git a/console-tools/kbd_mode.c b/console-tools/kbd_mode.c
index 2162fd4fc..cb97947ce 100644
--- a/console-tools/kbd_mode.c
+++ b/console-tools/kbd_mode.c
@@ -19,17 +19,15 @@ int kbd_mode_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         int fd;
         unsigned opt;
         enum {
-                SCANCODE = (1<<0),
-                ASCII    = (1<<1),
-                MEDIUMRAW= (1<<2),
-                UNICODE  = (1<<3)
+                SCANCODE  = (1 << 0),
+                ASCII     = (1 << 1),
+                MEDIUMRAW = (1 << 2),
+                UNICODE   = (1 << 3)
         };
         static const char KD_xxx[] ALIGN1 = "saku";
         opt = getopt32(argv, KD_xxx);
-        fd = get_console_fd();
-/*      if (fd < 0)
-                return EXIT_FAILURE;
-*/
+        fd = get_console_fd_or_die();
+
         if (!opt) { /* print current setting */
                 const char *mode = "unknown";
                 int m;
@@ -46,7 +44,8 @@ int kbd_mode_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 printf("The keyboard is in %s mode\n", mode);
         } else {
                 opt = opt & UNICODE ? 3 : opt >> 1;
-                xioctl(fd, KDSKBMODE, opt);
+                /* double cast prevents warnings about widening conversion */
+                xioctl(fd, KDSKBMODE, (void*)(ptrdiff_t)opt);
         }
 
         if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
diff --git a/console-tools/loadfont.c b/console-tools/loadfont.c
index 48b298002..567aa38ae 100644
--- a/console-tools/loadfont.c
+++ b/console-tools/loadfont.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ int loadfont_main(int argc, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
         if (argc != 1)
                 bb_show_usage();
 
-        fd = xopen(CURRENT_VC, O_RDWR);
+        fd = get_console_fd_or_die();
         loadnewfont(fd);
 
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/console-tools/loadkmap.c b/console-tools/loadkmap.c
index b891c9b0e..56948e0d0 100644
--- a/console-tools/loadkmap.c
+++ b/console-tools/loadkmap.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ int loadkmap_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 
 /*  bb_warn_ignoring_args(argc>=2);*/
 
-        fd = xopen(CURRENT_VC, O_RDWR);
+        fd = get_console_fd_or_die();
 
         xread(STDIN_FILENO, flags, 7);
         if (strncmp(flags, BINARY_KEYMAP_MAGIC, 7))
diff --git a/console-tools/setkeycodes.c b/console-tools/setkeycodes.c
index e9a050862..597272a2f 100644
--- a/console-tools/setkeycodes.c
+++ b/console-tools/setkeycodes.c
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ int setkeycodes_main(int argc, char **argv)
         int fd, sc;
         struct kbkeycode a;
 
-        if (argc % 2 != 1 || argc < 2) {
+        if (!(argc & 1) /* if even */ || argc < 2) {
                 bb_show_usage();
         }
 
-        fd = get_console_fd();
+        fd = get_console_fd_or_die();
 
         while (argc > 2) {
                 a.keycode = xatou_range(argv[2], 0, 127);
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int setkeycodes_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         a.scancode += 128;
                 }
                 ioctl_or_perror_and_die(fd, KDSETKEYCODE, &a,
-                        "failed to set SCANCODE %x to KEYCODE %d",
+                        "can't set SCANCODE %x to KEYCODE %d",
                         sc, a.keycode);
                 argc -= 2;
                 argv += 2;
diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index 3996846b5..075fa055d 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ extern int recursive_action(const char *fileName, unsigned flags,
 extern int device_open(const char *device, int mode) FAST_FUNC;
 enum { GETPTY_BUFSIZE = 16 }; /* more than enough for "/dev/ttyXXX" */
 extern int xgetpty(char *line) FAST_FUNC;
-extern int get_console_fd(void) FAST_FUNC;
+extern int get_console_fd_or_die(void) FAST_FUNC;
 extern void console_make_active(int fd, const int vt_num) FAST_FUNC;
 extern char *find_block_device(const char *path) FAST_FUNC;
 /* bb_copyfd_XX print read/write errors and return -1 if they occur */
diff --git a/libbb/get_console.c b/libbb/get_console.c
index d042afa2b..ad56e740f 100644
--- a/libbb/get_console.c
+++ b/libbb/get_console.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static int open_a_console(const char *fnam)
  * if someone else used X (which does a chown on /dev/console).
  */
 
-int FAST_FUNC get_console_fd(void)
+int FAST_FUNC get_console_fd_or_die(void)
 {
         static const char *const console_names[] = {
                 DEV_CONSOLE, CURRENT_VC, CURRENT_TTY
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ int FAST_FUNC get_console_fd(void)
                 }
         }
 
-        bb_error_msg("can't open console");
-        return fd;                      /* total failure */
+        bb_error_msg_and_die("can't open console");
+        /*return fd; - total failure */
 }
 
 /* From <linux/vt.h> */