[PATCH v2 1/3] startup: check for console before showing menu

[Sascha Hauer]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 04:43:24PM +0100, Fabian Pflug wrote:
> If there is no input available or possible due to policy settings, it
> does not make sense to show a menu and ask for input.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Pflug <f.pflug at pengutronix.de>
> ---
> v2:
> Remove CONSOLE_DISABLE_INPUT from check
>  common/startup.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/common/startup.c b/common/startup.c
> index 8d36ffceb4..4313435f05 100644
> --- a/common/startup.c
> +++ b/common/startup.c
> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>  #include <pbl/handoff-data.h>
>  #include <libfile.h>
>  #include <fuzz.h>
> +#include <security/config.h>
>  
>  extern initcall_t __barebox_initcalls_start[], __barebox_early_initcalls_end[],
>  		  __barebox_initcalls_end[];
> @@ -361,14 +362,15 @@ static int run_init(void)
>  		run_shell();
>  	}
>  
> -	do {
> -		/*
> -		 * Let's run the command once at least, so an error
> -		 * message is printed if the file doesn't exist
> -		 */
> -		run_command(MENUFILE);
> -	} while (stat(MENUFILE, &s) == 0);
> -
> +	if(IS_ALLOWED(SCONFIG_CONSOLE_INPUT)) {
> +		do {
> +			/*
> +			* Let's run the command once at least, so an error
> +			* message is printed if the file doesn't exist
> +			*/
> +			run_command(MENUFILE);
> +		} while (stat(MENUFILE, &s) == 0);
> +	}

When console input is not allowed then there's no point in calling
run_shell() right above, also calling eth_open_all() likely isn't
useful.

I think the last useful thing we do with console input disabled is this:

	if (autoboot == AUTOBOOT_BOOT)
		run_command("boot");

After that point there's nothing left to do, so we could directly
do a

	if (!IS_ALLOWED(SCONFIG_CONSOLE_INPUT))
		hang();

This only misses one point that is currently not handled: autoboot could
have been interrupted because console_countdown_abort() has been called,
for example by fastboot in which case we don't want to hang() but
instead sleep forever.

So the whole logic would be:

	if (autoboot == AUTOBOOT_BOOT)
                run_command("boot");

	if (!IS_ALLOWED(SCONFIG_CONSOLE_INPUT)) {
		if (autoboot == AUTOBOOT_BOOT) {
			hang();
		} else {
			while (true) {
				sleep(1);
			}
		}
	}

	... run_shell(), call menu, ...

Maybe this needs some refactoring for readability.

Sascha

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