For regular serial ports we do not initialize value of vtermno variable. A garbage value is assigned for non console ports. The value can be observed as a random integer with [1]. [1] vim /sys/kernel/debug/virtio-ports/vport*p* This patch initialize the value of vtermno for console serial ports to '1' and regular serial ports are initiaized to '0'. Reported-by: siliu@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c index fbeb71953526..05dbfdb9f4af 100644 --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct ports_driver_data { /* All the console devices handled by this driver */ struct list_head consoles; }; -static struct ports_driver_data pdrvdata; +static struct ports_driver_data pdrvdata = { .next_vtermno = 1}; static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pdrvdata_lock); static DECLARE_COMPLETION(early_console_added); @@ -1394,6 +1394,7 @@ static int add_port(struct ports_device *portdev, u32 id) port->async_queue = NULL; port->cons.ws.ws_row = port->cons.ws.ws_col = 0; + port->cons.vtermno = 0; port->host_connected = port->guest_connected = false; port->stats = (struct port_stats) { 0 }; -- 2.20.1 _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization