USB: serial: add macro for console error reporting

[cascardo/linux.git] / include / linux / usb / serial.h

diff --git a/include/linux/usb/serial.h b/include/linux/usb/serial.h
index 4267a9c..10cb74d 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/usb/serial.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/serial.h
@@ -389,5 +389,20 @@ do {                                                                       \
                printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: " format "\n", __FILE__, ##arg); \
 } while (0)
 
+/*
+ * Macro for reporting errors in write path to avoid inifinite loop
+ * when port is used as a console.
+ */
+#define dev_err_console(usport, fmt, ...)                              \
+do {                                                                   \
+       static bool __print_once;                                       \
+       struct usb_serial_port *__port = (usport);                      \
+                                                                       \
+       if (!__port->port.console || !__print_once) {                   \
+               __print_once = true;                                    \
+               dev_err(&__port->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);              \
+       }                                                               \
+} while (0)
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_USB_SERIAL_H */