printk: Correctly set CON_CONSDEV even when preferred console was not registered
CON_CONSDEV flag was historically used to put/keep the preferred console first in console_drivers list. Where the preferred console is the last on the command line. The ordering is important only when opening /dev/console: + tty_kopen() + tty_lookup_driver() + console_device() The flag was originally an implementation detail. But it was later made accessible from userspace via /proc/consoles. It was used, for example, by the tool "showconsole" to show the real tty accessible via /dev/console, see https://github.com/bitstreamout/showconsole Now, the current code sets CON_CONSDEV only for the preferred console or when a fallback console is added. The flag is not set when the preferred console is defined on the command line but it is not registered from some reasons. Simple solution is to set CON_CONSDEV flag for the first registered console. It will work most of the time because: + Most real consoles have console->device defined. + Boot consoles are removed in printk_late_init(). + unregister_console() moves CON_CONSDEV flag to the next console. Clean solution would require checking con->device when the preferred console is registered and in unregister_console(). Conclusion: Use the simple solution for now. It is better than the current state and good enough. The clean solution is not worth it. It would complicate the already complicated code without too much gain. Instead the code would deserve a complete rewrite. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200213095133.23176-4-pmladek@suse.comSigned-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> [pmladek@suse.com: Correct reasoning in the commit message, comment update.] Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
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