Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Console: fall back to /dev/null when no console is availlable | | From | Gianni Tedesco <> | | Date | Wed, 06 Oct 2004 19:37:30 +0100 |
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On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 20:52 +0200, Jörn Engel wrote: > > main.c | 5 ++++- > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > --- linux-2.6.8cow/init/main.c~console 2004-10-05 20:46:40.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.8cow/init/main.c 2004-10-05 20:46:08.000000000 +0200 > @@ -695,8 +695,11 @@ > system_state = SYSTEM_RUNNING; > numa_default_policy(); > > - if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0) > + if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0) { > printk("Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n"); > + if (open("/dev/null", O_RDWR, 0) == 0) > + printk(" Falling back to /dev/null.\n"); > + }
BTW. What happens if /dev/console or /dev/null are regular files?
I don't see any check for this. I didn't think Linux imposed any namespace layout/ownership/permission requirements.
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