linux-xiaomi-chiron/kernel
Benjamin Herrenschmidt 33225d7b0a printk: Correctly set CON_CONSDEV even when preferred console was not registered
CON_CONSDEV flag was historically used to put/keep the preferred console
first in console_drivers list. Where the preferred console is the last
on the command line.

The ordering is important only when opening /dev/console:

  + tty_kopen()
    + tty_lookup_driver()
      + console_device()

The flag was originally an implementation detail. But it was later
made accessible from userspace via /proc/consoles. It was used,
for example, by the tool "showconsole" to show the real tty
accessible via /dev/console, see
https://github.com/bitstreamout/showconsole

Now, the current code sets CON_CONSDEV only for the preferred
console or when a fallback console is added. The flag is not
set when the preferred console is defined on the command line
but it is not registered from some reasons.

Simple solution is to set CON_CONSDEV flag for the first
registered console. It will work most of the time because:

  + Most real consoles have console->device defined.

  + Boot consoles are removed in printk_late_init().

  + unregister_console() moves CON_CONSDEV flag to the next
    console.

Clean solution would require checking con->device when the
preferred console is registered and in unregister_console().

Conclusion:

Use the simple solution for now. It is better than the current
state and good enough.

The clean solution is not worth it. It would complicate the already
complicated code without too much gain. Instead the code would deserve
a complete rewrite.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200213095133.23176-4-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
[pmladek@suse.com: Correct reasoning in the commit message, comment update.]
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
2020-02-18 09:35:24 +01:00
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bpf Merge branch 'work.openat2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-01-29 11:20:24 -08:00
cgroup Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-01-28 16:02:33 -08:00
configs kvm_config: add CONFIG_VIRTIO_MENU 2018-10-24 20:55:56 -04:00
debug kdb: Tweak escape handling for vi users 2019-10-28 12:08:29 +00:00
dma lib/genalloc.c: rename addr_in_gen_pool to gen_pool_has_addr 2019-12-04 19:44:13 -08:00
events Merge branch 'work.openat2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-01-29 11:20:24 -08:00
gcov Revert "um: Enable CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS" 2020-01-19 22:42:06 +01:00
irq irqchip updates for Linux 5.6: 2020-01-24 20:08:51 +01:00
livepatch New tracing features: 2019-11-27 11:42:01 -08:00
locking Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-01-28 09:33:25 -08:00
power Merge back new material related to system-wide PM for v5.6. 2020-01-23 16:00:56 +01:00
printk printk: Correctly set CON_CONSDEV even when preferred console was not registered 2020-02-18 09:35:24 +01:00
rcu rcu: Forgive slow expedited grace periods at boot time 2020-01-25 12:00:40 -08:00
sched Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-01-28 10:07:09 -08:00
time The timekeeping and timers departement provides: 2020-01-27 16:47:05 -08:00
trace Kprobe events added "ustring" to distinguish reading strings from kernel space 2020-01-28 18:26:09 -08:00
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capability.c LSM: add SafeSetID module that gates setid calls 2019-01-25 11:22:43 -08:00
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configs.c kernel/configs: Replace GPL boilerplate code with SPDX identifier 2019-07-30 18:34:15 +02:00
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Rename context_tracking_is_enabled() => context_tracking_enabled() 2019-10-29 10:01:12 +01:00
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cred.c Merge branch 'dhowells' (patches from DavidH) 2020-01-14 09:56:31 -08:00
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dma.c
elfcore.c kernel/elfcore.c: include proper prototypes 2019-09-25 17:51:39 -07:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c for-linus-2020-01-03 2020-01-03 11:17:14 -08:00
extable.c bpf: Allow to resolve bpf trampoline and dispatcher in unwind 2020-01-25 07:12:40 -08:00
fail_function.c fail_function: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions 2019-06-03 15:49:06 +02:00
fork.c The timekeeping and timers departement provides: 2020-01-27 16:47:05 -08:00
freezer.c Revert "libata, freezer: avoid block device removal while system is frozen" 2019-10-06 09:11:37 -06:00
futex.c futex: Fix kernel-doc notation warning 2020-01-09 13:23:40 +01:00
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groups.c
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iomem.c mm/nvdimm: add is_ioremap_addr and use that to check ioremap address 2019-07-12 11:05:40 -07:00
irq_work.c irq_work: Fix IRQ_WORK_BUSY bit clearing 2019-11-15 10:48:37 +01:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Don't warn on __exit jump entries 2019-08-29 15:10:10 +01:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: Don't let kallsyms_lookup_size_offset() fail on retrieving the first symbol 2019-08-27 16:19:56 +01:00
kcmp.c
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Kconfig.locks sched/rt, locking: Use CONFIG_PREEMPTION 2019-12-08 14:37:36 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt sched/Kconfig: Fix spelling mistake in user-visible help text 2019-11-12 11:35:32 +01:00
kcov.c kcov: remote coverage support 2019-12-04 19:44:14 -08:00
kexec.c kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
kexec_core.c kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
kexec_elf.c kexec_elf: support 32 bit ELF files 2019-09-06 23:58:44 +02:00
kexec_file.c kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
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kheaders.c kheaders: Move from proc to sysfs 2019-05-24 20:16:01 +02:00
kmod.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Fix optimize_kprobe()/unoptimize_kprobe() cancellation logic 2020-01-09 12:40:13 +01:00
ksysfs.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 170 2019-05-30 11:26:39 -07:00
kthread.c kthread: make __kthread_queue_delayed_work static 2019-10-16 09:20:58 -07:00
latencytop.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
Makefile Kbuild updates for v5.5 2019-12-02 17:35:04 -08:00
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module_signature.c MODSIGN: Export module signature definitions 2019-08-05 18:39:56 -04:00
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notifier.c kernel/notifier.c: remove blocking_notifier_chain_cond_register() 2019-12-04 19:44:12 -08:00
nsproxy.c ns: Introduce Time Namespace 2020-01-14 12:20:48 +01:00
padata.c padata: update documentation 2019-12-11 16:37:02 +08:00
panic.c locking/refcount: Remove unused 'refcount_error_report()' function 2019-11-25 09:15:42 +01:00
params.c lockdown: Lock down module params that specify hardware parameters (eg. ioport) 2019-08-19 21:54:16 -07:00
pid.c fork: extend clone3() to support setting a PID 2019-11-15 23:49:22 +01:00
pid_namespace.c fork: extend clone3() to support setting a PID 2019-11-15 23:49:22 +01:00
profile.c kernel/profile.c: use cpumask_available to check for NULL cpumask 2019-12-04 19:44:12 -08:00
ptrace.c ptrace: reintroduce usage of subjective credentials in ptrace_has_cap() 2020-01-18 13:51:39 +01:00
range.c
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relay.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 13:27:20 -07:00
resource.c mm/memory_hotplug.c: use PFN_UP / PFN_DOWN in walk_system_ram_range() 2019-09-24 15:54:09 -07:00
rseq.c rseq: Reject unknown flags on rseq unregister 2019-12-25 10:41:20 +01:00
seccomp.c seccomp: Check that seccomp_notif is zeroed out by the user 2020-01-02 13:03:45 -08:00
signal.c cgroup: freezer: call cgroup_enter_frozen() with preemption disabled in ptrace_stop() 2019-10-11 08:39:57 -07:00
smp.c smp: Remove allocation mask from on_each_cpu_cond.*() 2020-01-24 20:40:09 +01:00
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stackleak.c stackleak: Mark stackleak_track_stack() as notrace 2018-12-05 19:31:44 -08:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: Get rid of unneeded '!!' pattern 2019-11-11 10:30:59 +01:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Make stop_cpus() static 2020-01-17 10:19:21 +01:00
sys.c kernel/sys.c: avoid copying possible padding bytes in copy_to_user 2019-12-04 19:44:12 -08:00
sys_ni.c y2038: allow disabling time32 system calls 2019-11-15 14:38:30 +01:00
sysctl-test.c kernel/sysctl-test: Add null pointer test for sysctl.c:proc_dointvec() 2019-09-30 17:35:01 -06:00
sysctl.c rcu: Make PREEMPT_RCU be a modifier to TREE_RCU 2019-12-09 12:37:51 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c sysctl: Remove the sysctl system call 2019-11-26 13:03:56 -06:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c taskstats: fix data-race 2019-12-04 15:18:39 +01:00
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torture.c torture: Remove exporting of internal functions 2019-08-01 14:30:22 -07:00
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ucount.c proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
uid16.c
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watchdog.c watchdog/softlockup: Enforce that timestamp is valid on boot 2020-01-17 11:19:22 +01:00
watchdog_hld.c kernel/watchdog_hld.c: hard lockup message should end with a newline 2019-04-19 09:46:05 -07:00
workqueue.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-01-28 10:07:09 -08:00
workqueue_internal.h sched/core, workqueues: Distangle worker accounting from rq lock 2019-04-16 16:55:15 +02:00