linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 5/6] console: Propagate error code from console ->setup()

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Date:   Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:47:50 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: [PATCH v1 5/6] console: Propagate error code from console ->setup()

Since console ->setup() hook returns meaningful error codes,
propagate it to the caller of try_enable_new_console().

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
---
 kernel/printk/printk.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 8c14835be46c..aaea3ad182e1 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2668,7 +2668,7 @@ early_param("keep_bootcon", keep_bootcon_setup);
 static int try_enable_new_console(struct console *newcon, bool user_specified)
 {
 	struct console_cmdline *c;
-	int i;
+	int i, err;
 
 	for (i = 0, c = console_cmdline;
 	     i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && c->name[0];
@@ -2691,8 +2691,8 @@ static int try_enable_new_console(struct console *newcon, bool user_specified)
 				return 0;
 
 			if (newcon->setup &&
-			    newcon->setup(newcon, c->options) != 0)
-				return -EIO;
+			    (err = newcon->setup(newcon, c->options)) != 0)
+				return err;
 		}
 		newcon->flags |= CON_ENABLED;
 		if (i == preferred_console) {
-- 
2.27.0