From e66f2a72ea6595e51c088411f54bc77fbbb1f885 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Borntraeger Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:44:23 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] virtio: console: wait for first console port for early console output On s390 I have seen some random "Warning: unable to open an initial console" boot failure. Turns out that tty_open fails, because the hvc_alloc was not yet done. In former times this could not happen, since the probe function automatically called hvc_alloc. With newer versions (multiport) some host<->guest interaction is required before hvc_alloc is called. This might be too late, especially if an initramfs is involved. Lets use a completion if we have multiport and an early console. [Amit: * Use NULL instead of 0 for pointer comparison * Rename 'port_added' to 'early_console_added' * Re-format, re-word commit message * Rebase patch on top of current queue] Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger Signed-off-by: Amit Shah Acked-by: Chrstian Borntraeger Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell --- drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c index 387fcdf019b7..4ca181f1378b 100644 --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ */ #include #include +#include #include #include #include @@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ struct ports_driver_data { static struct ports_driver_data pdrvdata; DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pdrvdata_lock); +DECLARE_COMPLETION(early_console_added); /* This struct holds information that's relevant only for console ports */ struct console { @@ -1366,6 +1368,7 @@ static void handle_control_message(struct ports_device *portdev, break; init_port_console(port); + complete(&early_console_added); /* * Could remove the port here in case init fails - but * have to notify the host first. @@ -1668,6 +1671,10 @@ static int __devinit virtcons_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) struct ports_device *portdev; int err; bool multiport; + bool early = early_put_chars != NULL; + + /* Ensure to read early_put_chars now */ + barrier(); portdev = kmalloc(sizeof(*portdev), GFP_KERNEL); if (!portdev) { @@ -1737,6 +1744,19 @@ static int __devinit virtcons_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) __send_control_msg(portdev, VIRTIO_CONSOLE_BAD_ID, VIRTIO_CONSOLE_DEVICE_READY, 1); + + /* + * If there was an early virtio console, assume that there are no + * other consoles. We need to wait until the hvc_alloc matches the + * hvc_instantiate, otherwise tty_open will complain, resulting in + * a "Warning: unable to open an initial console" boot failure. + * Without multiport this is done in add_port above. With multiport + * this might take some host<->guest communication - thus we have to + * wait. + */ + if (multiport && early) + wait_for_completion(&early_console_added); + return 0; free_vqs: -- 2.39.5