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-rw-r--r--init/main.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 1af84337cb18..b3fcf446f99e 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -1468,8 +1468,14 @@ void __init console_on_rootfs(void)
struct file *file = filp_open("/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0);
if (IS_ERR(file)) {
- pr_err("Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
- return;
+ pr_err("Warning: unable to open an initial console. Fallback to ttynull.\n");
+ register_ttynull_console();
+
+ file = filp_open("/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0);
+ if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+ pr_err("Warning: Failed to add ttynull console. No stdin, stdout, and stderr for the init process!\n");
+ return;
+ }
}
init_dup(file);
init_dup(file);