On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 03:41:17PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> Every since the 0.99.7A release when console_register() was introduced
> it's become impossible to call vt_console_print (called
> console_print() back then still) directly. Which means the
> initialization issue this variable protected against is no more.
>
> Give it a send off with style and let it rest in peace.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: nick black <dankamongmen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yangxi Xiang <xyangxi5@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Xuezhi Zhang <zhangxuezhi1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Please disregard this, sent it accidentally instead of v2 of "tty/vt: Add
console_lock check to vt_console_print()".
-Daniel
> ---
> drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 4 ----
> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> index ae9c926acd6f..4d29e4a17db7 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> @@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ static void set_palette(struct vc_data *vc);
>
> #define vt_get_kmsg_redirect() vt_kmsg_redirect(-1)
>
> -static int printable; /* Is console ready for printing? */
> int default_utf8 = true;
> module_param(default_utf8, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
> int global_cursor_default = -1;
> @@ -3085,8 +3084,6 @@ static void vt_console_print(struct console *co, const char *b, unsigned count)
> int kmsg_console;
>
> /* console busy or not yet initialized */
> - if (!printable)
> - return;
> if (!spin_trylock(&printing_lock))
> return;
>
> @@ -3537,7 +3534,6 @@ static int __init con_init(void)
> pr_info("Console: %s %s %dx%d\n",
> vc->vc_can_do_color ? "colour" : "mono",
> display_desc, vc->vc_cols, vc->vc_rows);
> - printable = 1;
>
> console_unlock();
>
> --
> 2.37.2
>
--
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch
