[PATCH] printk: nbcon: Check for device_{lock,unlock} callbacks

[Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@suse.com>]

These callbacks are necessary to synchronize ->write_thread callback
against other operations using the same device.

Signed-off-by: Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@suse.com>
---
I found this issue while creating a custom kernel module that implements
the nbcon interfaces.
---
 kernel/printk/nbcon.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
index 3fa403f9831f..02809c44d7ea 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
@@ -1764,6 +1764,10 @@ bool nbcon_alloc(struct console *con)
 	if (WARN_ON(!con->write_thread))
 		return false;
 
+	/* The device_lock() and device_unlock() callbacks are mandatory. */
+	if (WARN_ON(!con->device_lock || !con->device_unlock))
+		return false;
+
 	rcuwait_init(&con->rcuwait);
 	init_irq_work(&con->irq_work, nbcon_irq_work);
 	atomic_long_set(&ACCESS_PRIVATE(con, nbcon_prev_seq), -1UL);

---
base-commit: 322530a9c2ab1da67e5b0988fa29aca64d96ec8f
change-id: 20251205-nbcon-device-cb-fix-7ce745a21ba8

Best regards,
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Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@suse.com>