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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c b/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c index e76f0186c335..5be381003e58 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c @@ -530,6 +530,14 @@ static int __init kgdboc_earlycon_init(char *opt) * Look for a matching console, or if the name was left blank just * pick the first one we find. */ + + /* + * Hold the console_lock to guarantee that no consoles are + * unregistered until the kgdboc_earlycon setup is complete. + * Trapping the exit() callback relies on exit() not being + * called until the trap is setup. This also allows safe + * traversal of the console list and race-free reading of @flags. + */ console_lock(); for_each_console(con) { if (con->write && con->read && |