From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:37:04 +0000 (+1100) Subject: powerpc/hvc_udbg: Don't crash when udbg_putc is NULL X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7d3d897a4697e4ff746e5e82f116b2346ed28150;p=GitHub%2FLineageOS%2Fandroid_kernel_motorola_exynos9610.git powerpc/hvc_udbg: Don't crash when udbg_putc is NULL Also while at it, add some help text indicating why you shouldn't enable that driver under normal circumstances Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt --- diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig index 8ea7f078b233..48cb8d3d1758 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ config HVC_UDBG depends on PPC && EXPERIMENTAL select HVC_DRIVER default n + help + This is meant to be used during HW bring up or debugging when + no other console mechanism exist but udbg, to get you a quick + console for userspace. Do NOT enable in production kernels. config HVC_DCC bool "ARM JTAG DCC console" diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_udbg.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_udbg.c index b0957e61a7be..2259c6e72f06 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_udbg.c +++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_udbg.c @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int hvc_udbg_put(uint32_t vtermno, const char *buf, int count) { int i; - for (i = 0; i < count; i++) + for (i = 0; i < count && udbg_putc; i++) udbg_putc(buf[i]); return i; @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ static int __init hvc_udbg_init(void) { struct hvc_struct *hp; + if (!udbg_putc) + return -ENODEV; + BUG_ON(hvc_udbg_dev); hp = hvc_alloc(0, NO_IRQ, &hvc_udbg_ops, 16); @@ -88,6 +91,9 @@ module_exit(hvc_udbg_exit); static int __init hvc_udbg_console_init(void) { + if (!udbg_putc) + return -ENODEV; + hvc_instantiate(0, 0, &hvc_udbg_ops); add_preferred_console("hvc", 0, NULL);