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>,
"Samuel Thibault" <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>,
"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Jiri Slaby" <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>,
"Hugo Villeneuve" <hvilleneuve@dimonoff.com>,
"Fushuai Wang" <wangfushuai@baidu.com>,
"Kees Cook" <kees@kernel.org>,
"Stepan Ionichev" <sozdayvek@gmail.com>,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
"Manuel Lauss" <manuel.lauss@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Petr Mladek" <pmladek@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] printk: nbcon: Introduce Braille helpers
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:25:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260922072558.98854-2-pmladek@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260922072558.98854-1-pmladek@suse.com>
These helpers will be used when calling console->write_atomic
in the Braille console driver.
The Braille console is not registered as a standard printk console.
Instead, it is integrated with the virtual terminal (VT) and writes
data using the legacy con->write() callback of the associated serial
console driver.
When the underlying console driver is converted to the NBCON API, the
Braille console needs to use the con->write_atomic() callback instead.
This callback must be synchronized by acquiring the nbcon console context.
Fixes: d3539347022a ("serial: 8250: Switch to nbcon console, take 2")
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
---
include/linux/console.h | 8 ++++++
kernel/printk/nbcon.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 67 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/console.h b/include/linux/console.h
index 502d1abe3f50..d780f6de303a 100644
--- a/include/linux/console.h
+++ b/include/linux/console.h
@@ -615,6 +615,10 @@ extern bool nbcon_allow_unsafe_takeover(void);
extern bool nbcon_kdb_try_acquire(struct console *con,
struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt);
extern void nbcon_kdb_release(struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt);
+extern bool nbcon_is_braille(struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt);
+extern bool nbcon_braille_try_acquire(struct console *con,
+ struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt);
+extern void nbcon_braille_release(struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt);
/*
* Check if the given console is currently capable and allowed to print
@@ -678,8 +682,12 @@ static inline void nbcon_reacquire_nobuf(struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt) { }
static inline bool nbcon_kdb_try_acquire(struct console *con,
struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt) { return false; }
static inline void nbcon_kdb_release(struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt) { }
+static inline bool nbcon_is_braille(struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt) { return false; }
static inline bool console_is_usable(struct console *con, short flags,
bool use_atomic) { return false; }
+static inline bool nbcon_braille_try_acquire(struct console *con,
+ struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt) { return false; }
+static inline void nbcon_braille_release(struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt) { }
#endif
extern int console_set_on_cmdline;
diff --git a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
index d17704fe93ae..a5e053ffe4da 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
@@ -2002,3 +2002,62 @@ void nbcon_kdb_release(struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt)
*/
__nbcon_atomic_flush_pending_con(ctxt->console, prb_next_reserve_seq(prb));
}
+
+/**
+ * nbcon_is_braille - Checks whether the nbcon write context is using Braille console
+ *
+ * @wctxt: checked nbcon write context
+ *
+ * Return: True when the write context is associated with a Braille console.
+ * Othrewise, return false.
+ *
+ * Context: Can be called in any context but only when Braille console is
+ * registered and the struct console could not disappear.
+ */
+bool nbcon_is_braille(struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt)
+{
+ struct nbcon_context *ctxt = &ACCESS_PRIVATE(wctxt, ctxt);
+ struct console *con = ctxt->console;
+
+ return con && con->flags & CON_BRL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * nbcon_braille_try_acquire - Try to acquire nbcon console for braille_write()
+ *
+ * @con: The nbcon console to acquire
+ * @wctxt: The nbcon write context to be used on success
+ *
+ * Context: braille_write() for emitting a single buffer on Braille console.
+ *
+ * Return: True if the console was acquired. False otherwise.
+ *
+ * Braille console is not registered as a proper printk consoles. Instead,
+ * it is integrated with the graphical virtual terminal.
+ *
+ * This function acquires the nbcon console using priority NBCON_PRIO_EMERGENCY.
+ */
+bool nbcon_braille_try_acquire(struct console *con,
+ struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt)
+{
+ struct nbcon_context *ctxt = &ACCESS_PRIVATE(wctxt, ctxt);
+
+ memset(ctxt, 0, sizeof(*ctxt));
+ ctxt->console = con;
+ ctxt->prio = NBCON_PRIO_EMERGENCY;
+
+ return nbcon_context_try_acquire(ctxt, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * nbcon_braille_release - Release the nbcon console
+ *
+ * @wctxt: The nbcon write context initialized by a successful
+ * nbcon_braille_try_acquire()
+ */
+void nbcon_braille_release(struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt)
+{
+ struct nbcon_context *ctxt = &ACCESS_PRIVATE(wctxt, ctxt);
+
+ nbcon_context_release(ctxt);
+}
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-22 7:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-22 7:25 [PATCH 0/2] braille: nbcon: Allow using a serial driver converted to nbcon API as a Braille console Petr Mladek
2026-09-22 7:25 ` Petr Mladek [this message]
2026-09-22 7:25 ` [PATCH 2/2] braille: nbcon: Use nbcon atomic console callbacks Petr Mladek
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