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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/hvc_udbg: Don't crash when udbg_putc is NULL
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:38:20 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1331710700.3105.112.camel@pasglop> (raw)

Also while at it, add some help text indicating why you shouldn't
enable that driver under normal circumstances

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
---
 drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig    |    4 ++++
 drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_udbg.c |    8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig
index 8ea7f07..48cb8d3 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ config HVC_UDBG
        depends on PPC && EXPERIMENTAL
        select HVC_DRIVER
        default n
+       help
+         This is meant to be used during HW bring up or debugging when
+	 no other console mechanism exist but udbg, to get you a quick
+	 console for userspace. Do NOT enable in production kernels. 
 
 config HVC_DCC
        bool "ARM JTAG DCC console"
diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_udbg.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_udbg.c
index b0957e6..2259c6e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_udbg.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_udbg.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int hvc_udbg_put(uint32_t vtermno, const char *buf, int count)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < count && udbg_putc; i++)
 		udbg_putc(buf[i]);
 
 	return i;
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ static int __init hvc_udbg_init(void)
 {
 	struct hvc_struct *hp;
 
+	if (!udbg_putc)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	BUG_ON(hvc_udbg_dev);
 
 	hp = hvc_alloc(0, NO_IRQ, &hvc_udbg_ops, 16);
@@ -88,6 +91,9 @@ module_exit(hvc_udbg_exit);
 
 static int __init hvc_udbg_console_init(void)
 {
+	if (!udbg_putc)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	hvc_instantiate(0, 0, &hvc_udbg_ops);
 	add_preferred_console("hvc", 0, NULL);
 
-- 
1.7.9

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