4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 2ed2b8621be2708c0f6d61fe9841e9ad8b9753f0 ] commit bbeddf52adc1 ("printk: move braille console support into separate braille.[ch] files") introduced _braille_console_setup() to outline the braille initialization code. There was however some confusion over the value it was supposed to return. commit 2cfe6c4ac7ee ("printk: Fix return of braille_register_console()") tried to fix it but failed to. This fixes and documents the returned value according to the use in printk.c: non-zero return means a parsing error, and thus this console configuration should be ignored. Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/printk/braille.c | 15 ++++++++------- kernel/printk/braille.h | 13 ++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/printk/braille.c +++ b/kernel/printk/braille.c @@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/console.h> +#include <linux/errno.h> #include <linux/string.h> #include "console_cmdline.h" #include "braille.h" -char *_braille_console_setup(char **str, char **brl_options) +int _braille_console_setup(char **str, char **brl_options) { if (!strncmp(*str, "brl,", 4)) { *brl_options = ""; @@ -15,14 +16,14 @@ char *_braille_console_setup(char **str, } else if (!strncmp(*str, "brl=", 4)) { *brl_options = *str + 4; *str = strchr(*brl_options, ','); - if (!*str) + if (!*str) { pr_err("need port name after brl=\n"); - else - *((*str)++) = 0; - } else - return NULL; + return -EINVAL; + } + *((*str)++) = 0; + } - return *str; + return 0; } int --- a/kernel/printk/braille.h +++ b/kernel/printk/braille.h @@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ braille_set_options(struct console_cmdli c->brl_options = brl_options; } -char * +/* + * Setup console according to braille options. + * Return -EINVAL on syntax error, 0 on success (or no braille option was + * actually given). + * Modifies str to point to the serial options + * Sets brl_options to the parsed braille options. + */ +int _braille_console_setup(char **str, char **brl_options); int @@ -25,10 +32,10 @@ braille_set_options(struct console_cmdli { } -static inline char * +static inline int _braille_console_setup(char **str, char **brl_options) { - return NULL; + return 0; } static inline int