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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/console.h | 46 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/console.h b/include/linux/console.h index 9cea254b34b8..ed804dd7c2e8 100644 --- a/include/linux/console.h +++ b/include/linux/console.h @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ #define _LINUX_CONSOLE_H_ 1 #include <linux/atomic.h> +#include <linux/bits.h> #include <linux/rculist.h> #include <linux/types.h> @@ -125,18 +126,43 @@ static inline int con_debug_leave(void) /* * The interface for a console, or any other device that wants to capture * console messages (printer driver?) - * - * If a console driver is marked CON_BOOT then it will be auto-unregistered - * when the first real console is registered. This is for early-printk drivers. */ -#define CON_PRINTBUFFER (1) -#define CON_CONSDEV (2) /* Preferred console, /dev/console */ -#define CON_ENABLED (4) -#define CON_BOOT (8) -#define CON_ANYTIME (16) /* Safe to call when cpu is offline */ -#define CON_BRL (32) /* Used for a braille device */ -#define CON_EXTENDED (64) /* Use the extended output format a la /dev/kmsg */ +/** + * cons_flags - General console flags + * @CON_PRINTBUFFER: Used by newly registered consoles to avoid duplicate + * output of messages that were already shown by boot + * consoles or read by userspace via syslog() syscall. + * @CON_CONSDEV: Indicates that the console driver is backing + * /dev/console. + * @CON_ENABLED: Indicates if a console is allowed to print records. If + * false, the console also will not advance to later + * records. + * @CON_BOOT: Marks the console driver as early console driver which + * is used during boot before the real driver becomes + * available. It will be automatically unregistered + * when the real console driver is registered unless + * "keep_bootcon" parameter is used. + * @CON_ANYTIME: A misnomed historical flag which tells the core code + * that the legacy @console::write callback can be invoked + * on a CPU which is marked OFFLINE. That is misleading as + * it suggests that there is no contextual limit for + * invoking the callback. The original motivation was + * readiness of the per-CPU areas. + * @CON_BRL: Indicates a braille device which is exempt from + * receiving the printk spam for obvious reasons. + * @CON_EXTENDED: The console supports the extended output format of + * /dev/kmesg which requires a larger output buffer. + */ +enum cons_flags { + CON_PRINTBUFFER = BIT(0), + CON_CONSDEV = BIT(1), + CON_ENABLED = BIT(2), + CON_BOOT = BIT(3), + CON_ANYTIME = BIT(4), + CON_BRL = BIT(5), + CON_EXTENDED = BIT(6), +}; struct console { char name[16]; |