From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
To: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@suse.com>,
Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>,
Naveen Kumar Chaudhary <naveen.osdev@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 07/11] printk: Separate code for enabling console
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 12:14:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260604101459.393162-8-pmladek@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260604101459.393162-1-pmladek@suse.com>
There are several code paths which try to enable a newly registered
console. Move the logic into a separate try_enable_console() function.
It simplifies a bit the long register_console() function definition.
Also followup patches are going to add even more code paths. And it will
be easier to use "return" when it does not make sense to try other
variants.
No behavior change.
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
---
kernel/printk/printk.c | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 4ee98a4d2ce5..5fb9581804c7 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -4034,6 +4034,53 @@ static void try_enable_default_console(struct console *newcon)
newcon->flags |= CON_CONSDEV;
}
+#define console_first() \
+ hlist_entry(console_list.first, struct console, node)
+
+static int try_enable_console(struct console *newcon)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ /*
+ * See if we want to enable this console driver by default.
+ *
+ * Nope when a console is preferred by the command line, device
+ * tree, or SPCR.
+ *
+ * The first real console with tty binding (driver) wins. More
+ * consoles might get enabled before the right one is found.
+ *
+ * Note that a console with tty binding will have CON_CONSDEV
+ * flag set and will be first in the list.
+ */
+ if (preferred_dev_console < 0) {
+ if (hlist_empty(&console_list) || !console_first()->device ||
+ console_first()->flags & CON_BOOT) {
+ try_enable_default_console(newcon);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* See if this console matches one we selected on the command line */
+ err = try_enable_preferred_console(newcon, true);
+ if (err != -ENOENT)
+ return err;
+
+ /* If not, try to match against the platform default(s) */
+ err = try_enable_preferred_console(newcon, false);
+ if (err != -ENOENT)
+ return err;
+
+ /*
+ * Some consoles, such as pstore and netconsole, can be enabled even
+ * without matching. Accept them at this stage when they had a chance
+ * to match() and call setup().
+ */
+ if (newcon->flags & CON_ENABLED)
+ err = 0;
+
+ return err;
+}
+
/* Return the starting sequence number for a newly registered console. */
static u64 get_init_console_seq(struct console *newcon, bool bootcon_registered)
{
@@ -4108,9 +4155,6 @@ static u64 get_init_console_seq(struct console *newcon, bool bootcon_registered)
return init_seq;
}
-#define console_first() \
- hlist_entry(console_list.first, struct console, node)
-
static int unregister_console_locked(struct console *console);
/*
@@ -4172,39 +4216,7 @@ void register_console(struct console *newcon)
goto unlock;
}
- /*
- * See if we want to enable this console driver by default.
- *
- * Nope when a console is preferred by the command line, device
- * tree, or SPCR.
- *
- * The first real console with tty binding (driver) wins. More
- * consoles might get enabled before the right one is found.
- *
- * Note that a console with tty binding will have CON_CONSDEV
- * flag set and will be first in the list.
- */
- if (preferred_dev_console < 0) {
- if (hlist_empty(&console_list) || !console_first()->device ||
- console_first()->flags & CON_BOOT) {
- try_enable_default_console(newcon);
- }
- }
-
- /* See if this console matches one we selected on the command line */
- err = try_enable_preferred_console(newcon, true);
-
- /* If not, try to match against the platform default(s) */
- if (err == -ENOENT)
- err = try_enable_preferred_console(newcon, false);
-
- /*
- * Some consoles, such as pstore and netconsole, can be enabled even
- * without matching. Accept them at this stage when they had a chance
- * to match() and call setup().
- */
- if (err == -ENOENT && (newcon->flags & CON_ENABLED))
- err = 0;
+ err = try_enable_console(newcon);
/* printk() messages are not printed to the Braille console. */
if (err || newcon->flags & CON_BRL) {
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-04 10:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-04 10:14 [PATCH v4 00/11] printk: Clean up preferred console handling Petr Mladek
2026-06-04 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 01/11] printk: Handle pre-enabled consoles in the top-level register_console() Petr Mladek
2026-07-14 13:33 ` John Ogness
2026-07-15 14:43 ` Petr Mladek
2026-06-04 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 02/11] printk: Rename struct console_cmdline to preferred_console Petr Mladek
2026-06-04 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 03/11] printk: Rename preferred_console to preferred_dev_console Petr Mladek
2026-06-04 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 04/11] printk: Separate code for adding/updating preferred console metadata Petr Mladek
2026-07-14 14:35 ` John Ogness
2026-07-15 15:52 ` Petr Mladek
2026-06-04 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 05/11] printk: Cleanup _braille_(un)register_console() wrappers Petr Mladek
2026-06-04 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 06/11] console/braille: Lock console->setup() call during the registration Petr Mladek
2026-07-15 14:41 ` John Ogness
2026-06-04 10:14 ` Petr Mladek [this message]
2026-07-15 16:01 ` [PATCH v4 07/11] printk: Separate code for enabling console John Ogness
2026-06-04 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 08/11] printk: Try to register each console as Braille first Petr Mladek
2026-06-04 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 09/11] printk: Do not set Braille console as preferred_console Petr Mladek
2026-06-04 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 10/11] printk: Modify try_enable_default_console() to return error/success Petr Mladek
2026-06-04 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 11/11] printk: Try enable preferred consoles only when there are any Petr Mladek
2026-07-14 8:42 ` [PATCH v4 00/11] printk: Clean up preferred console handling Petr Mladek
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