Some of the console providers treat error code, returned by ->setup() hook, differently. Here is the unification of the behaviour. The drivers checked by one of the below criteria: 1/ the driver has explicit struct console .setup assignment 2/ the driver has assigned callback to the setup member All such drivers were read in order to see if there is any problematic return codes, and fixed accordingly which is this series in the result. Andy Shevchenko (6): mips: Return proper error code from console ->setup() hook serial: sunsab: Return proper error code from console ->setup() hook serial: sunzilog: Return proper error code from console ->setup() hook tty: hvc: Return proper error code from console ->setup() hook console: Propagate error code from console ->setup() console: Fix trivia typo 'change' -> 'chance' arch/mips/fw/arc/arc_con.c | 4 +++- drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi.c | 2 +- drivers/tty/serial/sunsab.c | 2 +- drivers/tty/serial/sunzilog.c | 2 +- kernel/printk/printk.c | 8 ++++---- 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) -- 2.27.0