And if not, complain loudly. None in-kernel module should trigger that, but let us find out for sure. On the other hand, all the out-of-tree modules will hit that. Give them some time (maybe one release) to catch up.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jsl...@suse.cz> --- drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c index 28c3e86..41e42f1 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c @@ -1415,6 +1415,10 @@ struct tty_struct *tty_init_dev(struct tty_driver *driver, int idx) if (!tty->port) tty->port = driver->ports[idx]; + WARN_RATELIMIT(!tty->port, + "%s: %s driver does not set tty->port. This will crash the kernel later. Fix the driver!\n", + __func__, tty->driver->name); + /* * Structures all installed ... call the ldisc open routines. * If we fail here just call release_tty to clean up. No need -- 1.7.11.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/