linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ensure we don't use bootconsoles after init has been released

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Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0708192011m1b957e57je313850a255dcac7@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:11:47 -0400
From:	"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	"Robin Getz" <rgetz@...ckfin.uclinux.org>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ensure we don't use bootconsoles after init has been released

On 8/19/07, Robin Getz <rgetz@...ckfin.uclinux.org> wrote:
> +static int __init disable_boot_consoles(void)
> +{
> +       struct console *con;
> +
> +       for (con = console_drivers; con; con = con->next) {
> +               if (con->flags & CON_BOOT) {
> +                       printk(KERN_INFO "Turn off boot console %s%d\n",
> +                               con->name, con->index);
> +                       unregister_console(con);
> +               }
> +       }
> +}

erp, no 'return 0;' ... that'll earn you a warning at build time and
maybe random failures depending on the arch ...
-mike
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