If parsing failed to decode a valid uart addr, return -ENODEV instead
of success. Although setup_earlycon() will detect the failure anyway
(because the write() method has not been set), that behavior is not
obvious and should not be relied on.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c
index 1701d00..b199c10 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int __init early_serial8250_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
const char *options)
{
if (!(device->port.membase || device->port.iobase))
- return 0;
+ return -ENODEV;
if (!device->baud) {
struct uart_port *port = &device->port;
--
2.3.0
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