[PATCH] ARM: early_printk: respect keep parameter

From: Alexandre Belloni
Date: Wed Jul 11 2018 - 14:32:54 EST


Parse and use the keep parameter of earlyprintk to avoid having the kernel
output stop with:

Console: colour dummy device 80x30
console [tty0] enabled
bootconsole [earlycon0] disabled

This happens because once tty0, the virtual terminal console is registered,
it is selected as the default console, disregarding an existing stdout-path
DT property and the early console is shutdown before the console driver is
probed.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/kernel/early_printk.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/arm/kernel/early_printk.c
index 9257736ec9fa..bbb10150b11a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ static struct console early_console_dev = {

static int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf)
{
+ if (buf && strstr(buf, "keep"))
+ early_console_dev.flags &= ~CON_BOOT;
+
early_console = &early_console_dev;
register_console(&early_console_dev);
return 0;
--
2.18.0