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>,
Naveen Kumar Chaudhary <naveen.osdev@gmail.com>,
printk@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 08/17] printk: Ensure consistent name and devname when updating preferred console
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:48:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111154816.71103-9-pmladek@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111154816.71103-1-pmladek@suse.com>
Make sure that add_or_update_preferred_console() updates the right entry.
The current caller does the right thing. The new paranoid checks prevent
a potential misuse of the API in the future.
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
---
kernel/printk/printk.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index a76f37c1b431..e9b189eae548 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2564,6 +2564,8 @@ asmlinkage __visible void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
*
* 2. Either @name and valid @idx OR @devname and @idx=-1 are allowed. [*]
*
+ * 3. Only matching entries can be updated.
+ *
* [*] A valid @name and @idx will get assigned for a devname later when
* @devname matches during the device initialization, see
* match_devname_and_update_preferred_console().
@@ -2623,6 +2625,19 @@ static int add_or_update_preferred_console(unsigned int i,
}
pc->index = idx;
+ } else {
+ /* Make sure that only matching entries are updated. */
+ if (name && (strcmp(pc->name, name) || (pc->index != idx))) {
+ pr_err("Updating a preferred console with an invalid name or index: %s%d vs. %s%d\n",
+ pc->name, pc->index, name, idx);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ if (devname && strcmp(pc->devname, devname)) {
+ pr_err("Updating a preferred console with an invalid devname: %s vs. %s\n",
+ pc->devname, devname);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
}
/*
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 15:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-11 15:47 [PATCH v7 00/17] printk: Clean up preferred console handling Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 01/17] printk: Rename struct console_cmdline to preferred_console Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 02/17] printk: Rename preferred_console to preferred_dev_console Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 03/17] printk: Cleanup _braille_(un)register_console() wrappers Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 04/17] printk: Separate code for adding/updating preferred console metadata Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 05/17] printk: Do not accept an empty name or devname as a preferred console Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 06/17] printk: Prefer the console either via name or devname exclusively Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 07/17] printk: Check that index is not defined when a console is preferred via devname Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` Petr Mladek [this message]
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 09/17] printk: Do not quietly ignore adding entry for a preferred console when there is no space Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 10/17] printk: Allow to debug misuse of add_or_update_preferred_console() Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 11/17] console/braille: Lock console->setup() call during the registration Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 12/17] printk: Separate code for enabling console Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 13/17] printk: Try to register each console as Braille first Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 14/17] printk: Update Braille options when preferred more times Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 15/17] printk: Do not set Braille console as preferred_console Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 16/17] printk: Modify try_enable_default_console() to return error/success Petr Mladek
2026-11-11 15:48 ` [PATCH v7 17/17] printk: Try enable preferred consoles only when there are any Petr Mladek
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