Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] tty: use tty_init_dev_retry() to workaround a race condition

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Mon Nov 25 2019 - 05:42:56 EST


On 24. 11. 19, 1:02, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
>> BTW do you see the warning from tty_init_dev:
>> "driver does not set tty->port. This will crash the kernel later. Fix
>> the driver!\n"
>> ? Maybe not given console is registered already, but crashes.
>
> yes. I do see the warning but I have always assumed that the warning is
> because console is openend as soon as it registers and so uart_add_one_port()
> does not get the chance to link it. Is it not so?

Yes it is, I was just curious...

thanks,
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js
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