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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>,
	printk@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 06/16] printk: Prefer the console either via name or devname exclusively
Date: Fri,  6 Nov 2026 18:19:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261106171952.207909-7-pmladek@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261106171952.207909-1-pmladek@suse.com>

The commit 7640f1a44eba ("printk: Add
match_devname_and_update_preferred_console()") added the possibility
to prefer a console driver via device name. The name of the console driver
gets assigned when the device gets initialized and it tries whether
it is eligible for a console.

The above mentioned commit ensures that __add_preferred_console() is called
at least with name or devname value. But it does not check whether
both are defined which is a nonsense.

Add the check and do not fail quietly. Also shuffle the code a bit
to make it ready for adding more checks.

Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
---
 kernel/printk/printk.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 6bba67e142e1..d082169a8615 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2561,6 +2561,12 @@ asmlinkage __visible void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
  * in register_console(). Finally, it enforces some rules:
  *
  *   1. Do not accept empty @name or @devname.
+ *
+ *   2. Either @name OR @devname are allowed. [*]
+ *
+ *  [*] A valid @name and @idx will get assigned for a devname later when
+ *	@devname matches during the device initialization, see
+ *	match_devname_and_update_preferred_console().
  */
 static int add_or_update_preferred_console(unsigned int i,
 					   const char *name, const short idx,
@@ -2595,11 +2601,23 @@ static int add_or_update_preferred_console(unsigned int i,
 	if (!pc->name[0] && !pc->devname[0])
 		is_new_entry = true;
 
-	if (is_new_entry) {
-		if (devname)
-			strscpy(pc->devname, devname);
-		if (name)
-			strscpy(pc->name, name);
+	if (is_new_entry && devname) {
+		/*
+		 * A valid console name and index will get assigned when
+		 * a matching device gets registered.
+		 */
+		if (name) {
+			pr_err("Adding a preferred console devname with a hard-coded console name: %s, %s\n",
+			       devname, name);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		strscpy(pc->devname, devname);
+		pc->index = idx;
+	}
+
+	if (is_new_entry && name) {
+		strscpy(pc->name, name);
 		pc->index = idx;
 	}
 
-- 
2.56.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-06 17:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-06 17:19 [PATCH v6 00/16] printk: Clean up preferred console handling Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 01/16] printk: Rename struct console_cmdline to preferred_console Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 02/16] printk: Rename preferred_console to preferred_dev_console Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 03/16] printk: Cleanup _braille_(un)register_console() wrappers Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 04/16] printk: Separate code for adding/updating preferred console metadata Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 05/16] printk: Do not accept an empty name or devname as a preferred console Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` Petr Mladek [this message]
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 07/16] printk: Check that index is not defined when a console is preferred via devname Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 08/16] printk: Ensure consistent name and devname when updating preferred console Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 09/16] printk: Do not quietly ignore adding entry for a preferred console when there is no space Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 10/16] printk: Allow to debug misuse of add_or_update_preferred_console() Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 11/16] console/braille: Lock console->setup() call during the registration Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 12/16] printk: Separate code for enabling console Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 13/16] printk: Try to register each console as Braille first Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 14/16] printk: Do not set Braille console as preferred_console Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 15/16] printk: Modify try_enable_default_console() to return error/success Petr Mladek
2026-11-06 17:19 ` [PATCH v6 16/16] printk: Try enable preferred consoles only when there are any Petr Mladek
2026-11-09 15:45 ` [PATCH v6 00/16] printk: Clean up preferred console handling Petr Mladek
2026-11-09 16:30   ` John Ogness

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