--- /dev/null
+From 43b16820249396aea7eb57c747106e211e54bed5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
+Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:29:54 -0500
+Subject: make sure that /linuxrc has std{in,out,err}
+
+From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
+
+commit 43b16820249396aea7eb57c747106e211e54bed5 upstream.
+
+Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
+Cc: Barry Davis <Barry-Davis@stormagic.com>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+---
+ init/do_mounts_initrd.c | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
++++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ __setup("noinitrd", no_initrd);
+ static int init_linuxrc(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new)
+ {
+ sys_unshare(CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES);
++ /* stdin/stdout/stderr for /linuxrc */
++ sys_open("/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0);
++ sys_dup(0);
++ sys_dup(0);
+ /* move initrd over / and chdir/chroot in initrd root */
+ sys_chdir("/root");
+ sys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);