Re: [PATCH 0/5] earlycon hang under some conditions

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On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Jeffy Chen <jeffy.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was testing earlycon with 8250 dw serial console. And it hangs in
> these cases:
> 1/ kernel hang when calling early write function after free_initmem:
> a) the earlycon not disabled after the init code(due to keep_bootcon or
>    not specify a real console to switch to)
> b) the early write func is marked as __init, for example 8250_early.

> This serial fix 1/ case only.

Here is another opinion.
I can tell that conditions to get into the trouble are quite unusual or rare.

Any rationale behind why one needs such a combination of parameters?

P.S. For doulble output ask Sergey and Petr (they are quite concerned
about it). Actually strange I didn't see their names in Cc list for
console related stuff,

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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