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Today comment on console_on_rootfs says that opening /dev/console never fails. This is false. The opening may fail if /dev/console is not present in internal initramfs. So let's update the comment and pr_err. I tried to fix the problem itself in [1], but the patchset was rejected, so I will fix the comment and pr_err instead. :) v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260406090815.1495095-1-safinaskar@gmail.c= om/ v1 -> v2 changes: changed text and also moved it to pr_err (inspired by Al = Viro) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260219210312.3468980-1-safinaskar@gmail= .com/ # [1] Signed-off-by: Askar Safin --- init/main.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c index 1cb395dd9..daf115d08 100644 --- a/init/main.c +++ b/init/main.c @@ -1645,13 +1645,15 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused) "See Linux Documentation/admin-guide/init.rst for guidance."); } =20 -/* Open /dev/console, for stdin/stdout/stderr, this should never fail */ +/* Open /dev/console, for stdin/stdout/stderr */ void __init console_on_rootfs(void) { struct file *file =3D filp_open("/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0); =20 if (IS_ERR(file)) { - pr_err("Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n"); + pr_err("Warning: unable to open an initial console. " + "You likely supplied your own internal initramfs, " + "make sure /dev/console is there.\n"); return; } init_dup(file); base-commit: bfe62a454542cfad3379f6ef5680b125f41e20f4 (mainline) --=20 2.47.3