The patch titled Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console.patch This patch was dropped because it had testing failures ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxx> The console subsystem already has an idea of a boot console, using the CON_BOOT flag. The implementation has some flaws though. The major problem is that presence of a boot console makes register_console() ignore any other console devices (unless explicitly specified on the kernel command line). This patch fixes the console selection code to *not* consider a boot console a full-featured one, so the first non-boot console registering will become the default console instead. This way the unregister call for the boot console in the register_console() function actually triggers and the handover from the boot console to the real console device works smoothly. Added a printk for the handover, so you know which console device the output goes to when the boot console stops printing messages. The disable_early_printk() call is obsolete with that patch, explicitly disabling the early console isn't needed any more as it works automagically with that patch. I've walked through the tree, dropped all disable_early_printk() instances found below arch/ and tagged the consoles with CON_BOOT if needed. The code is tested on x86 only so far. Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxx> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c | 9 --------- arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c | 2 +- arch/mips/cobalt/console.c | 5 ----- arch/mips/dec/prom/console.c | 5 +---- arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-console.c | 5 ----- arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c | 14 +------------- arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c | 18 ++++++------------ arch/sh64/kernel/early_printk.c | 8 +------- printk.c | 0 9 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console +++ a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c @@ -744,15 +744,6 @@ setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) paging_init(); } -void __init -disable_early_printk(void) -{ - if (alpha_using_srm && srmcons_output) { - unregister_srm_console(); - srmcons_output = 0; - } -} - static char sys_unknown[] = "Unknown"; static char systype_names[][16] = { "0", diff -puN arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console +++ a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static struct console srmcons = { .write = srm_console_write, .device = srm_console_device, .setup = srm_console_setup, - .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER, + .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT, .index = -1, }; diff -puN arch/mips/cobalt/console.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console arch/mips/cobalt/console.c --- a/arch/mips/cobalt/console.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console +++ a/arch/mips/cobalt/console.c @@ -40,8 +40,3 @@ void __init cobalt_early_console(void) printk("Cobalt: early console registered\n"); } - -void __init disable_early_printk(void) -{ - unregister_console(&cons_info); -} diff -puN arch/mips/dec/prom/console.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console arch/mips/dec/prom/console.c --- a/arch/mips/dec/prom/console.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console +++ a/arch/mips/dec/prom/console.c @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static void __init prom_console_write(st static struct console promcons __initdata = { .name = "prom", .write = prom_console_write, - .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER, + .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT, .index = -1, }; @@ -50,6 +50,3 @@ void __init unregister_prom_console(void promcons_output = 0; } } - -void disable_early_printk(void) - __attribute__((alias("unregister_prom_console"))); diff -puN arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-console.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-console.c --- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-console.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console +++ a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-console.c @@ -67,8 +67,3 @@ __init void ip27_setup_console(void) { register_console(&ioc3_console); } - -void __init disable_early_printk(void) -{ - unregister_console(&ioc3_console); -} diff -puN arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console +++ a/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c @@ -142,24 +142,12 @@ static void udbg_console_write(struct co static struct console udbg_console = { .name = "udbg", .write = udbg_console_write, - .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_ENABLED, + .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_ENABLED | CON_BOOT, .index = -1, }; static int early_console_initialized; -void __init disable_early_printk(void) -{ - if (!early_console_initialized) - return; - if (strstr(boot_command_line, "udbg-immortal")) { - printk(KERN_INFO "early console immortal !\n"); - return; - } - unregister_console(&udbg_console); - early_console_initialized = 0; -} - /* called by setup_system */ void register_early_udbg_console(void) { diff -puN arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c --- a/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console +++ a/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c @@ -192,20 +192,14 @@ int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf) } #endif - if (likely(early_console)) + if (likely(early_console)) { + if (keep_early) + early_console->flags &= ~CON_BOOT; + else + early_console->flags |= CON_BOOT; register_console(early_console); + } return 0; } early_param("earlyprintk", setup_early_printk); - -void __init disable_early_printk(void) -{ - if (!early_console_initialized || !early_console) - return; - if (!keep_early) { - printk("disabling early console\n"); - unregister_console(early_console); - } else - printk("keeping early console\n"); -} diff -puN arch/sh64/kernel/early_printk.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console arch/sh64/kernel/early_printk.c --- a/arch/sh64/kernel/early_printk.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console +++ a/arch/sh64/kernel/early_printk.c @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static struct console sh_console = { .name = "scifcon", .write = sh_console_write, .setup = sh_console_setup, - .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER, + .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT, .index = -1, }; @@ -97,9 +97,3 @@ void __init enable_early_printk(void) register_console(&sh_console); } - -void disable_early_printk(void) -{ - unregister_console(&sh_console); -} - diff -puN arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c diff -puN drivers/char/tty_io.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console drivers/char/tty_io.c diff -puN kernel/printk.c~fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console kernel/printk.c _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from kraxel@xxxxxxx are fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html