The patch titled
kernel/printk: do not turn off bootconsole in printk_late_init() if keep_bootcon
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
kernel-printk-do-not-turn-off-bootconsole-in-printk_late_init-if-keep_bootcon.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: kernel/printk: do not turn off bootconsole in printk_late_init() if keep_bootcon
From: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@xxxxxxxxxx>
It seems that 7bf693951a8e ("console: allow to retain boot console via
boot option keep_bootcon") doesn't always achieve what it aims, as when
printk_late_init() runs it unconditionally turns off all boot consoles.
With this patch, I am able to see more messages on the boot console in KVM
guests than I can without, when keep_bootcon is specified.
I think it is appropriate for the relevant -stable trees. However, it's
more of an annoyance than a serious bug (ideally you don't need to keep
the boot console around as console handover should be working -- I was
encountering a situation where the console handover wasn't working and not
having the boot console available meant I couldn't see why).
Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fdinitto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> [2.6.39.x, 3.0.x]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/printk.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN kernel/printk.c~kernel-printk-do-not-turn-off-bootconsole-in-printk_late_init-if-keep_bootcon kernel/printk.c
--- a/kernel/printk.c~kernel-printk-do-not-turn-off-bootconsole-in-printk_late_init-if-keep_bootcon
+++ a/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ static int __init printk_late_init(void)
struct console *con;
for_each_console(con) {
- if (con->flags & CON_BOOT) {
+ if (!keep_bootcon && con->flags & CON_BOOT) {
printk(KERN_INFO "turn off boot console %s%d\n",
con->name, con->index);
unregister_console(con);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from nacc@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
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