Re: [PATCH 2/2] printk: fix double printing with earlycon

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On Wed,  1 Mar 2017 19:13:46 +0300
Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If a console was specified by ACPI SPCR table _and_
> command line parameters like "console=ttyAMA0" _and_ "earlycon"
> were specified, then log messages appears twice.
> 
> The root cause is that the code traverse the list
> of specified consoles (the `console_cmdline` array) and stops at the
> first match.  But it may happen that the same console is referred by
> the elements of this array twice:
> 
> 	ttyAMA0 -- from command line
> 	pl011,mmio,0x87e024000000,115200 -- from SPCR
> 
> but in this case `preferred_console` points to the second entry and
> the flag CON_CONSDEV is not set, so bootconsole is not deregistered.
> 
> To fix that, match the console against the `console_cmdline` entry
> pointed by `preferred_console` instead of the first match.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/printk/printk.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> index ed2a9b31f214..92008ae9db3f 100644
> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> @@ -2380,6 +2380,24 @@ static int __init keep_bootcon_setup(char *str)
>  
>  early_param("keep_bootcon", keep_bootcon_setup);
>  
> +static int match_console(struct console *newcon, struct console_cmdline *c)
> +{
> +	if (!newcon->match ||
> +	    newcon->match(newcon, c->name, c->index, c->options) != 0) {
> +		/* default matching */
> +		BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(c->name) != sizeof(newcon->name));
> +		if (strcmp(c->name, newcon->name) != 0)
> +			return -ENODEV;
> +		if (newcon->index >= 0 &&
> +		    newcon->index != c->index)
> +			return -ENODEV;
> +		if (newcon->index < 0)
> +			newcon->index = c->index;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * The console driver calls this routine during kernel initialization
>   * to register the console printing procedure with printk() and to
> @@ -2460,37 +2478,29 @@ void register_console(struct console *newcon)
>  	for (i = 0, c = console_cmdline;
>  	     i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && c->name[0];
>  	     i++, c++) {
> -		if (!newcon->match ||
> -		    newcon->match(newcon, c->name, c->index, c->options) != 0) {
> -			/* default matching */
> -			BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(c->name) != sizeof(newcon->name));
> -			if (strcmp(c->name, newcon->name) != 0)
> -				continue;
> -			if (newcon->index >= 0 &&
> -			    newcon->index != c->index)
> -				continue;
> -			if (newcon->index < 0)
> -				newcon->index = c->index;
> +		if (match_console(newcon, c))
> +			continue;
>  
> -			if (_braille_register_console(newcon, c))
> -				return;
> +		if (_braille_register_console(newcon, c))
> +			return;
>  
> -			if (newcon->setup &&
> -			    newcon->setup(newcon, c->options) != 0)
> -				break;
> -		}
> +		if (newcon->setup &&
> +		    newcon->setup(newcon, c->options) != 0)
> +			break;
>  
>  		newcon->flags |= CON_ENABLED;
> -		if (i == preferred_console) {
> -			newcon->flags |= CON_CONSDEV;
> -			has_preferred = true;
> -		}
>  		break;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (!(newcon->flags & CON_ENABLED))
>  		return;
>  

We could use a comment right about here, explaining why the below is
needed.

-- Steve

> +	if (preferred_console >= 0 &&
> +	    match_console(newcon, console_cmdline + preferred_console) == 0) {
> +		newcon->flags |= CON_CONSDEV;
> +		has_preferred = true;
> +	}
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * If we have a bootconsole, and are switching to a real console,
>  	 * don't print everything out again, since when the boot console, and

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