Re: [PATCH] console: don't select first registered console if stdout-path used

[Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@synopsys.com>]

On Sat, 2017-08-26 at 02:44 +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (08/25/17 16:14), Eugeniy Paltsev wrote:
> > In the current implementation we take the first console that
> > registers if we didn't select one.
> > 
> > But if we specify console via "stdout-path" property in device tree
> > we don't want first console that registers here to be selected.
> > Otherwise we may choose wrong console - for example if some console
> > is registered earlier than console is pointed in "stdout-path"
> > property because console pointed in "stdout-path" property can be
> > add as
> > preferred quite late - when it's driver is probed.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@synopsys.com>
> 
> hm... this is not the first time we see DT and stdout-path.
> and so far it was pretty painful :) e.g. commits c6c7d83b9c9e,
> 05fd007e4629.
> 
> 	-ss

Hm... looks like I had to update my patch to keep existing tty0
behavior.

Before this patch tty0 was registered even if it was specified neither
in "bootargs" nor in "stdout-path". 
So I should retain this behavior as a lot of ARM boards (and some
powerpc) rely on it.

> 
> > ---
> >  kernel/printk/printk.c | 11 +++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > index 512f7c2..23262c1 100644
> > --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/nmi.h>
> >  #include <linux/module.h>
> >  #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
> > +#include <linux/of.h>
> >  #include <linux/delay.h>
> >  #include <linux/smp.h>
> >  #include <linux/security.h>
> > @@ -2431,6 +2432,16 @@ void register_console(struct console
> > *newcon)
> >  	if (!has_preferred || bcon || !console_drivers)
> >  		has_preferred = preferred_console >= 0;
> >  
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * If we specify console via "stdout-path" property in
> > device tree
> > +	 * we don't want first console that registers here to be
> > selected.
> > +	 */
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_OF
> > +	if (of_stdout)
> > +		has_preferred = true;
> > +#endif
> > +
> >  	/*
> >  	 *	See if we want to use this console driver. If we
> >  	 *	didn't select a console we take the first one
> > -- 
> > 2.9.3
> > 
-- 
 Eugeniy Paltsev