Merge remote branch 'amit/for-anthony' into staging

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/hw/virtio-console.c b/hw/virtio-console.c
index c235b2726c..6b5237b3ce 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-console.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-console.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu-char.h"
+#include "qemu-error.h"
 #include "virtio-serial.h"
 
 typedef struct VirtConsole {
@@ -81,8 +82,11 @@ static int virtconsole_exitfn(VirtIOSerialPort *port)
     VirtConsole *vcon = DO_UPCAST(VirtConsole, port, port);
 
     if (vcon->chr) {
-        port->info->have_data = NULL;
-        qemu_chr_close(vcon->chr);
+	/*
+	 * Instead of closing the chardev, free it so it can be used
+	 * for other purposes.
+	 */
+	qemu_chr_add_handlers(vcon->chr, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     }
 
     return 0;
@@ -113,6 +117,14 @@ static int virtserialport_initfn(VirtIOSerialPort *port)
 {
     VirtConsole *vcon = DO_UPCAST(VirtConsole, port, port);
 
+    if (port->id == 0) {
+        /*
+         * Disallow a generic port at id 0, that's reserved for
+         * console ports.
+         */
+        error_report("Port number 0 on virtio-serial devices reserved for virtconsole devices for backward compatibility.");
+        return -1;
+    }
     return generic_port_init(vcon, port);
 }