linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] tty: Change order of ttynull to be loaded sooner.

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Message-ID: <20241129041549.778959-3-bluescreen_avenger@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 23:15:49 -0500
From: n3rdopolis <bluescreen_avenger@...izon.net>
To: linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: n3rdopolis <bluescreen_avenger@...izon.net>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] tty: Change order of ttynull to be loaded sooner.

If CONFIG_NULL_TTY_CONSOLE is enabled, and CONFIG_VT is disabled, ttynull
will become the default primary console device, based on the load order.
Users and distributions that are migrating away from CONFIG_VT will
benefit from this as /dev/console would not suddenly become /dev/ttyS0
which could otherwise cause some user space behavior changes, namely the
TCGETS ioctl failing, which causes libc's isatty() to incorrectly return
false when /dev/ttyS0 is disabled, and will prevent a device that is
connected to a user's /dev/ttyS0 to suddenly start getting kernel log
messages.
Signed-off-by: n3rdopolis <bluescreen_avenger@...izon.net>
---
 drivers/tty/Makefile | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/Makefile b/drivers/tty/Makefile
index 07aca5184a55..03bb47e11e1c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/tty/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_N_HDLC)		+= n_hdlc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_N_GSM)		+= n_gsm.o
 
 obj-y				+= vt/
+obj-$(CONFIG_NULL_TTY)		+= ttynull.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_HVC_DRIVER)	+= hvc/
 obj-y				+= serial/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_DEV_BUS)	+= serdev/
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_AMIGA_BUILTIN_SERIAL) += amiserial.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MOXA_INTELLIO)	+= moxa.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MOXA_SMARTIO)	+= mxser.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NOZOMI)		+= nozomi.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_NULL_TTY)	        += ttynull.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYNCLINK_GT)	+= synclink_gt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_EPAPR_HV_BYTECHAN) += ehv_bytechan.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GOLDFISH_TTY)	+= goldfish.o
-- 
2.45.2