Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] console: Introduce ->exit() callback

From: Petr Mladek
Date: Thu Jan 30 2020 - 04:09:49 EST


On Mon 2020-01-27 13:47:19, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Some consoles might require special operations on unregistering. For example,
> serial console, when registered in the kernel, keeps power on for entire time,
> until it gets unregistered. For such cases to have a balance we would provide
> ->exit() callback.

Is there any plan to use this callback, please?

The console init, setup, registration code needs a clean up,
definitely. If you plan some rework, I would like to understand
the bigger picture before we start adding new callbacks.

Best Regards,
Petr