Hi Claudiu, On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 4:58 PM Claudiu <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > The port_cfg object is used by serial_console_write(), which serves as > the write function for the earlycon device. Marking port_cfg as __initdata > causes it to be freed after kernel initialization, resulting in earlycon > becoming unavailable thereafter. Remove the __initdata macro from port_cfg > to resolve this issue. Thanks for your patch! > Fixes: dd076cffb8cd ("serial: sh-sci: Fix init data attribute for struct 'port_cfg'") This commit is not the root cause, as it merely replaced __init by __initdata. Fixes: 0b0cced19ab15c9e ("serial: sh-sci: Add CONFIG_SERIAL_EARLYCON support") For the patch contents: Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds