From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
To: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@suse.com>,
Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] printk: Do not set Braille console as preferred_console
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 17:50:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260206165002.496724-7-pmladek@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260206165002.496724-1-pmladek@suse.com>
The Braille console reuses the framework for handling consoles preferred
via the command line. However, it is a special-purpose interface that
neither receives standard printk messages nor associates with
/dev/console.
Currently, the "preferred_dev_console" variable can point to a Braille
console entry in the "preferred_consoles[]" array. This occurs if an
entry was first created for a non-Braille console, but a later 'console='
parameter redefined it as a Braille console.
Since a Braille console will only ever be enabled as such, it should not
be tracked as the primary system console. Adjust the logic to ensure
"preferred_dev_console" continues to point to the previously designated
normal console instead.
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
---
kernel/printk/printk.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 279b36ef90bd..eb224eaace64 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ static int console_locked;
static struct preferred_console preferred_consoles[MAX_PREFERRED_CONSOLES];
static int preferred_dev_console = -1;
+static int preferred_dev_console_prev = -1;
static bool want_braille_console;
int console_set_on_cmdline;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_set_on_cmdline);
@@ -2555,10 +2556,23 @@ static int update_preferred_console(int i, const char *name, const short idx,
braille_update_options(pc, brl_options);
- if (brl_options)
+ if (brl_options) {
want_braille_console = true;
- else
+ /*
+ * This console name will always get enabled as Braille
+ * console. It takes special code paths in register_console().
+ * Do not treat it as a normal preferred_console.
+ */
+ if (preferred_dev_console == i)
+ preferred_dev_console = preferred_dev_console_prev;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * Only the VisioBraille device is supported at the moment.
+ * One level history should be enough.
+ */
+ preferred_dev_console_prev = preferred_dev_console;
preferred_dev_console = i;
+ }
/*
* @c console was defined by the user on the command line.
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-06 16:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-06 16:49 [PATCH 0/8] printk: Clean up preferred console handling Petr Mladek
2026-02-06 16:49 ` [PATCH 1/8] printk: Rename struct console_cmdline to preferred_console Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 14:40 ` Chris Down
2026-02-19 18:34 ` Marcos Paulo de Souza
2026-02-06 16:49 ` [PATCH 2/8] printk: Rename preferred_console to preferred_dev_console Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 14:41 ` Chris Down
2026-02-19 18:37 ` Marcos Paulo de Souza
2026-02-06 16:49 ` [PATCH 3/8] printk: Separate code for adding/updating preferred console metadata Petr Mladek
2026-02-16 14:05 ` John Ogness
2026-02-19 12:46 ` Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 14:06 ` John Ogness
2026-02-19 14:48 ` Chris Down
2026-02-19 16:51 ` Petr Mladek
2026-02-06 16:49 ` [PATCH 4/8] printk: Cleanup _braille_(un)register_console() wrappers Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 14:49 ` Chris Down
2026-02-19 18:50 ` Marcos Paulo de Souza
2026-02-06 16:49 ` [PATCH 5/8] printk: Try to register each console as Braille first Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 14:59 ` Chris Down
2026-02-19 16:59 ` Petr Mladek
2026-02-20 4:52 ` Chris Down
2026-02-20 11:43 ` Petr Mladek
2026-02-06 16:50 ` Petr Mladek [this message]
2026-02-16 16:07 ` [PATCH 6/8] printk: Do not set Braille console as preferred_console John Ogness
2026-02-19 14:55 ` Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 15:35 ` John Ogness
2026-02-19 15:03 ` Chris Down
2026-02-06 16:50 ` [PATCH 7/8] printk: Handle pre-enabled consoles directly in register_console() Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 15:03 ` Chris Down
2026-02-06 16:50 ` [PATCH 8/8] printk: Try enable preferred consoles only when there are any Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 15:16 ` Chris Down
2026-02-17 8:56 ` [PATCH 0/8] printk: Clean up preferred console handling John Ogness
2026-02-19 15:20 ` Chris Down
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