linux-kernel - [PATCH printk v1 01/18] kdb: do not assume write() callback available

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Message-Id: <20230302195618.156940-2-john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Date:   Thu,  2 Mar 2023 21:02:01 +0106
From:   John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [PATCH printk v1 01/18] kdb: do not assume write() callback available

It is allowed for consoles to provide no write() callback. For
example ttynull does this.

Check if a write() callback is available before using it.

Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index 5c7e9ba7cd6b..e9139dfc1f0a 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ static void kdb_msg_write(const char *msg, int msg_len)
 			continue;
 		if (c == dbg_io_ops->cons)
 			continue;
+		if (!c->write)
+			continue;
 		/*
 		 * Set oops_in_progress to encourage the console drivers to
 		 * disregard their internal spin locks: in the current calling
-- 
2.30.2