linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/24] vt: Initialize conswitchp to dummy

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Date:   Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:39:40 -0500
From:   Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 02/24] vt: Initialize conswitchp to dummy_con if unset

If the arch setup code hasn't initialized conswitchp yet, set it to
dummy_con in con_init. This will allow us to drop the dummy_con
initialization that's done in almost every architecture.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
---
 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 34aa39d1aed9..2456afaf1c61 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -3326,8 +3326,9 @@ static int __init con_init(void)
 
 	console_lock();
 
-	if (conswitchp)
-		display_desc = conswitchp->con_startup();
+	if (!conswitchp)
+		conswitchp = &dummy_con;
+	display_desc = conswitchp->con_startup();
 	if (!display_desc) {
 		fg_console = 0;
 		console_unlock();
-- 
2.24.1