[PATCH v3] printk: Set console_set_on_cmdline=1 when __add_preferred_console() is called with user_specified == true

From: Andre Kalb
Date: Wed Feb 16 2022 - 05:42:19 EST


From: Andre Kalb <andre.kalb@xxxxxx>

In case of using console="" or console=null
set console_set_on_cmdline=1 to disable "stdout-path" node from DT.

We basically need to set it every time when __add_preferred_console()
is called with parameter 'user_specified' set.
Therefore we can move setting it into a helper function that is
called from __add_preferred_console().

Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andre Kalb <andre.kalb@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changelog v1 to v2:
Move console_set_on_cmdling into separate function set_user_specified(), which is called from
__add_preferred_console().

The old patch v1 could be used to backport to stable 5.4 and lower.

Changelog v2 to v3:
Add comment to explain the less obvious behaviour.
---
kernel/printk/printk.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 82abfaf3c2aa..e4e1a5266108 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2324,6 +2324,20 @@ asmlinkage __visible void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
}
#endif

+static void set_user_specified(struct console_cmdline *c, bool user_specified)
+{
+ if (!user_specified)
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * @c console was defined by the user on the command line.
+ * Do not clear when added twice also by SPCR or the device tree.
+ */
+ c->user_specified = true;
+ /* At least one console defined by the user on the command line. */
+ console_set_on_cmdline = 1;
+}
+
static int __add_preferred_console(char *name, int idx, char *options,
char *brl_options, bool user_specified)
{
@@ -2340,8 +2354,7 @@ static int __add_preferred_console(char *name, int idx, char *options,
if (strcmp(c->name, name) == 0 && c->index == idx) {
if (!brl_options)
preferred_console = i;
- if (user_specified)
- c->user_specified = true;
+ set_user_specified(c, user_specified);
return 0;
}
}
@@ -2351,7 +2364,7 @@ static int __add_preferred_console(char *name, int idx, char *options,
preferred_console = i;
strlcpy(c->name, name, sizeof(c->name));
c->options = options;
- c->user_specified = user_specified;
+ set_user_specified(c, user_specified);
braille_set_options(c, brl_options);

c->index = idx;
@@ -2417,7 +2430,6 @@ static int __init console_setup(char *str)
*s = 0;

__add_preferred_console(buf, idx, options, brl_options, true);
- console_set_on_cmdline = 1;
return 1;
}
__setup("console=", console_setup);
--
2.31.1