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SubjectRe: [PATCH] serial: 8250: Check for valid console index
On Wed, 4 Oct 2023, Tony Lindgren wrote:

> * Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> [231004 09:05]:
> > On Wed, 4 Oct 2023, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> >
> > > Let's not allow negative numbers for console index.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
> > > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
> > > @@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ static int univ8250_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
> > > * if so, search for the first available port that does have
> > > * console support.
> > > */
> > > - if (co->index >= UART_NR)
> > > + if (co->index < 0 || co->index >= UART_NR)
> > > co->index = 0;
> >
> > The inconsistencies how different serial drivers handle this situation
> > seem staggering. Perhaps there should be some effort to make the behavior
> > uniform across them?
>
> Hmm yeah we should just have them all check for co->index < 0.

Right but it's only about that, some return -Exx codes (more than one -Exx
variant) and some do assign just 0 like here.

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