[PATCH 2/2] tty: Change order of ttynull to be loaded sooner.

From: adamsimonelli
Date: Thu Jan 16 2025 - 23:35:14 EST


From: Adam Simonelli <adamsimonelli@xxxxxxxxx>

If CONFIG_NULL_TTY_CONSOLE is enabled, and CONFIG_VT is disabled, ttynull
will become the default primary console device, based on the load order.
Users and distributions that are migrating away from CONFIG_VT will
benefit from this as /dev/console would not suddenly become /dev/ttyS0
which could otherwise cause some user space behavior changes, namely the
TCGETS ioctl failing, which causes libc's isatty() to incorrectly return
false when /dev/ttyS0 is disabled, and will prevent a device that is
connected to a user's /dev/ttyS0 to suddenly start getting kernel log
messages.

Signed-off-by: Adam Simonelli <adamsimonelli@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/Makefile | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/Makefile b/drivers/tty/Makefile
index 07aca5184a55..03bb47e11e1c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/tty/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_N_HDLC) += n_hdlc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_N_GSM) += n_gsm.o

obj-y += vt/
+obj-$(CONFIG_NULL_TTY) += ttynull.o
+
obj-$(CONFIG_HVC_DRIVER) += hvc/
obj-y += serial/
obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_DEV_BUS) += serdev/
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_AMIGA_BUILTIN_SERIAL) += amiserial.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MOXA_INTELLIO) += moxa.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MOXA_SMARTIO) += mxser.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NOZOMI) += nozomi.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_NULL_TTY) += ttynull.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SYNCLINK_GT) += synclink_gt.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_EPAPR_HV_BYTECHAN) += ehv_bytechan.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GOLDFISH_TTY) += goldfish.o
--
2.45.2