linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH printk v2 10/38] tty: hvc: use console_is

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Date:   Fri, 21 Oct 2022 15:22:17 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Shile Zhang <shile.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Xianting Tian <xianting.tian@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH printk v2 10/38] tty: hvc: use console_is_enabled()

On Wed 2022-10-19 17:01:32, John Ogness wrote:
> Replace (console->flags & CON_ENABLED) usage with console_is_enabled().
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
> index 4802cfaa107f..6d1d7b72488c 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
> @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static void hvc_port_destruct(struct tty_port *port)
>  static void hvc_check_console(int index)
>  {
>  	/* Already enabled, bail out */
> -	if (hvc_console.flags & CON_ENABLED)
> +	if (console_is_enabled(&hvc_console))
>  		return;

The check is not reliable. The console might be disabled even when
it is already registered.

I would be nice to fix this. But it might be done later.
Feel free to use:

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

>  
>   	/* If this index is what the user requested, then register

Best Regards,
Petr