[PATCH] printk: Remove console options before decoding the name
From: David Engraf
Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 01:40:58 EST
This fixes a regression when a console option includes ':'. Commit
7640f1a44eba ("printk: Add match_devname_and_update_preferred_console()")
introduced console=DEVNAME:0.0 hardware style addressing by looking for a
colon. If the colon is part of an option the name is handled as devname
instead of ttyname.
Fix by handling the options first which will add a NULL terminator to the
string.
Signed-off-by: David Engraf <david.engraf@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/printk/printk.c | 12 +++++-------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 6d3d18a50da74..c297a0ae04f7b 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2646,24 +2646,22 @@ static int __init console_setup(char *str)
if (_braille_console_setup(&str, &brl_options))
return 1;
+ /* Decode str into name, index, options */
+ options = strchr(str, ',');
+ if (options)
+ *(options++) = 0;
+
/* For a DEVNAME:0.0 style console the character device is unknown early */
if (strchr(str, ':'))
devname = buf;
else
ttyname = buf;
- /*
- * Decode str into name, index, options.
- */
if (ttyname && isdigit(str[0]))
scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "ttyS%s", str);
else
strscpy(buf, str);
- options = strchr(str, ',');
- if (options)
- *(options++) = 0;
-
#ifdef __sparc__
if (!strcmp(str, "ttya"))
strscpy(buf, "ttyS0");
--
2.53.0