From: Peter Hurley Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:39:34 +0000 (-0800) Subject: serial: 8250: Unlink uart console ptr if console setup fails X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d70a7b1626d64c8c57fb9258a81f427198b60700;p=linux-beck.git serial: 8250: Unlink uart console ptr if console setup fails If console setup fails (eg., there is no valid port at that index), unlink the console ptr; otherwise, when the driver unloads, the console will be unregistered (even though setup, and thus registration, failed) and a console disabled message will be printed. Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c index c9720a97a977..8031e428894f 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c @@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ static void univ8250_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s, static int univ8250_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options) { struct uart_port *port; + int retval; /* * Check whether an invalid uart number has been specified, and @@ -609,7 +610,10 @@ static int univ8250_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options) /* link port to console */ port->cons = co; - return serial8250_console_setup(port, options, false); + retval = serial8250_console_setup(port, options, false); + if (retval != 0) + port->cons = NULL; + return retval; } /**