Cc-ing Guenter, On (20/05/22 12:00), Petr Mladek wrote: > On Fri 2020-05-22 16:53:06, Shreyas Joshi wrote: > > If uboot passes a blank string to console_setup then it results in a > > trashed memory. > > Ultimately, the kernel crashes during freeing up the memory. This fix > > checks if there > > is a blank parameter being passed to console_setup from uboot. > > In case it detects that the console parameter is blank then > > it doesn't setup the serial device and it gracefully exits. > > > > Signed-off-by: Shreyas Joshi <shreyas.jo...@biamp.com> > > --- > > V1: > > Fixed console_loglevel to default as per the review comments > > > > kernel/printk/printk.c | 5 ++++- > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c > > index ad4606234545..e9ad730991e0 100644 > > --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c > > +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c > > @@ -2165,7 +2165,10 @@ static int __init console_setup(char *str) > > char buf[sizeof(console_cmdline[0].name) + 4]; /* 4 for "ttyS" */ > > char *s, *options, *brl_options = NULL; > > int idx; > > - > > + if (str[0] == 0) { > > + return 1; > > + } > > if (_braille_console_setup(&str, &brl_options)) > > return 1; > > I have fixed formatting and pushed it into printk/linux.git, > branch for-5.8.
Petr, this patch's causing regressions for us. We use blank console= boot param to bypass dts. It appears that it'd be better to revert the change. -ss