static int init_port_console(struct port *port)
{
	int ret;

	/*
	 * The Host's telling us this port is a console port.  Hook it
	 * up with an hvc console.
	 *
	 * To set up and manage our virtual console, we call
	 * hvc_alloc().
	 *
	 * The first argument of hvc_alloc() is the virtual console
	 * number.  The second argument is the parameter for the
	 * notification mechanism (like irq number).  We currently
	 * leave this as zero, virtqueues have implicit notifications.
	 *
	 * The third argument is a "struct hv_ops" containing the
	 * put_chars() get_chars(), notifier_add() and notifier_del()
	 * pointers.  The final argument is the output buffer size: we
	 * can do any size, so we put PAGE_SIZE here.
	 */
	port->cons.vtermno = pdrvdata.next_vtermno;

	port->cons.hvc = hvc_alloc(port->cons.vtermno, 0, &hv_ops, PAGE_SIZE);
	if (IS_ERR(port->cons.hvc)) {
		ret = PTR_ERR(port->cons.hvc);
		dev_err(port->dev,
			"error %d allocating hvc for port\n", ret);
		port->cons.hvc = NULL;
		return ret;
	}
	spin_lock_irq(&pdrvdata_lock);
	pdrvdata.next_vtermno++;
	list_add_tail(&port->cons.list, &pdrvdata.consoles);
	spin_unlock_irq(&pdrvdata_lock);
	port->guest_connected = true;

	/*
	 * Start using the new console output if this is the first
	 * console to come up.
	 */
	if (early_put_chars)
		early_put_chars = NULL;

	/* Notify host of port being opened */
	send_control_msg(port, VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_OPEN, 1);

	return 0;
}

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