Revert "console: don't prefer first registered if DT specifies stdout-path"

This reverts commit 05fd007e4629 ("console: don't prefer first
registered if DT specifies stdout-path").

The reverted commit changes existing behavior on which many ARM boards
rely.  Many ARM small-board-computers, like e.g.  the Raspberry Pi have
both a video output and a serial console.  Depending on whether the user
is using the device as a more regular computer; or as a headless device
we need to have the console on either one or the other.

Many users rely on the kernel behavior of the console being present on
both outputs, before the reverted commit the console setup with no
console= kernel arguments on an ARM board which sets stdout-path in dt
would look like this:

  [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/consoles
  ttyS0                -W- (EC p a)    4:64
  tty0                 -WU (E  p  )    4:1

Where as after the reverted commit, it looks like this:

  [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/consoles
  ttyS0                -W- (EC p a)    4:64

This commit reverts commit 05fd007e4629 ("console: don't prefer first
registered if DT specifies stdout-path") restoring the original
behavior.

Fixes: 05fd007e4629 ("console: don't prefer first registered if DT specifies stdout-path")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161104121135.4780-2-hdegoede@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Cc: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
Cc: Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@leemhuis.info>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index d687e6de24a07e11a2c2cecd94e7711610d52005..a0bccb54a9bd1d762d42967e6722b43d1b4a93ec 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -2077,8 +2077,6 @@ void of_alias_scan(void * (*dt_alloc)(u64 size, u64 align))
                        name = of_get_property(of_aliases, "stdout", NULL);
                if (name)
                        of_stdout = of_find_node_opts_by_path(name, &of_stdout_options);
-               if (of_stdout)
-                       console_set_by_of();
        }
 
        if (!of_aliases)

diff --git a/include/linux/console.h b/include/linux/console.h
index 3672809234a728ea9e7779b0456cbd57647d7150..d530c4627e54ef1091be820a78d3616166ca8906 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/console.h
+++ b/include/linux/console.h
@@ -173,12 +173,6 @@ static inline void console_sysfs_notify(void)
 #endif
 extern bool console_suspend_enabled;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_OF
-extern void console_set_by_of(void);
-#else
-static inline void console_set_by_of(void) {}
-#endif
-
 /* Suspend and resume console messages over PM events */
 extern void suspend_console(void);
 extern void resume_console(void);

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index de08fc90baafaf86d3053831d2cc0acd5cb9828e..5028f4fd504acd5a46747103c3f0ce9fb572c36c 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -253,17 +253,6 @@ static int preferred_console = -1;
 int console_set_on_cmdline;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_set_on_cmdline);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_OF
-static bool of_specified_console;
-
-void console_set_by_of(void)
-{
-       of_specified_console = true;
-}
-#else
-# define of_specified_console false
-#endif
-
 /* Flag: console code may call schedule() */
 static int console_may_schedule;
 
@@ -2657,7 +2646,7 @@ void register_console(struct console *newcon)
         *      didn't select a console we take the first one
         *      that registers here.
         */
-       if (preferred_console < 0 && !of_specified_console) {
+       if (preferred_console < 0) {
                if (newcon->index < 0)
                        newcon->index = 0;
                if (newcon->setup == NULL ||