If add_preferred_console() is not called early in setup_console(), we can end up having register_console() call try_enable_default_console() before a console device has called add_preferred_console(). Let's set console_set_on_cmdline flag in console_setup() to prevent this from happening. Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/printk/printk.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -2498,6 +2498,9 @@ static int __init console_setup(char *str) if (console_opt_save(str, brl_options)) return 1; + /* Flag register_console() to not call try_enable_default_console() */ + console_set_on_cmdline = 1; + /* Don't attempt to parse a DEVNAME:0.0 style console */ if (strchr(str, ':')) return 1; @@ -3501,7 +3504,7 @@ void register_console(struct console *newcon) * Note that a console with tty binding will have CON_CONSDEV * flag set and will be first in the list. */ - if (preferred_console < 0) { + if (preferred_console < 0 && !console_set_on_cmdline) { if (hlist_empty(&console_list) || !console_first()->device || console_first()->flags & CON_BOOT) { try_enable_default_console(newcon); -- 2.44.0