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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


  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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