linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] xtensa: ISS: don't panic in rs

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Date:   Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:18:05 -0700
From:   Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
        "open list:TENSILICA XTENSA PORT (xtensa)" 
        <linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] xtensa: ISS: don't panic in rs_init

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 12:43 AM Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz> wrote:
>
> While alloc_tty_driver failure in rs_init would mean we have much bigger
> problem, there is no reason to panic when tty_register_driver fails
> there. It can fail for various reasons.
>
> So handle the failure gracefully. Actually handle them both while at it.
> This will make at least the console functional as it was enabled earlier
> by console_initcall in iss_console_init. Instead of shooting down the
> whole system.
>
> We move tty_port_init() after alloc_tty_driver(), so that we don't need
> to destroy the port in case the latter function fails.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
> Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>
> Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
> Cc: linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org
> ---
>  arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/console.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max