On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 02:36:47AM +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> If add_preferred_console() returns error then we must free a
> copy of `of_stdout_options' that we create right before the
> console registration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhat...@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/of/base.c | 11 +++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
> index 260d33c0f26c..9fcf7011d206 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/base.c
> @@ -1779,10 +1779,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_alias_get_highest_id);
> */
> bool of_console_check(struct device_node *dn, char *name, int index)
> {
> + bool ret;
> + char *options;
> +
> if (!dn || dn != of_stdout || console_set_on_cmdline)
> return false;
> - return !add_preferred_console(name, index,
> - kstrdup(of_stdout_options, GFP_KERNEL));
> +
> + options = kstrdup(of_stdout_options, GFP_KERNEL);
The real question is why are we doing the kstrdup in the first place.
AFAICT, the only reason is options within the console/printk code is a
char * and not a const char *. I can't imagine that options need
modifications?
Rob
