return 0;
 }
 
-int opal_put_chars(uint32_t vtermno, const char *data, int total_len)
+static int __opal_put_chars(uint32_t vtermno, const char *data, int total_len, bool atomic)
 {
-       unsigned long flags;
+       unsigned long flags = 0 /* shut up gcc */;
        int written;
        __be64 olen;
        s64 rc;
        if (!opal.entry)
                return -ENODEV;
 
-       /* We want put_chars to be atomic to avoid mangling of hvsi
-        * packets. To do that, we first test for room and return
-        * -EAGAIN if there isn't enough.
-        */
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&opal_write_lock, flags);
+       if (atomic)
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&opal_write_lock, flags);
        rc = opal_console_write_buffer_space(vtermno, &olen);
        if (rc || be64_to_cpu(olen) < total_len) {
                /* Closed -> drop characters */
 
        written = be64_to_cpu(olen);
        if (written < total_len) {
-               /* Should not happen */
-               pr_warn("atomic console write returned partial len=%d written=%d\n", total_len, written);
+               if (atomic) {
+                       /* Should not happen */
+                       pr_warn("atomic console write returned partial "
+                               "len=%d written=%d\n", total_len, written);
+               }
                if (!written)
                        written = -EAGAIN;
        }
 
 out:
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&opal_write_lock, flags);
+       if (atomic)
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&opal_write_lock, flags);
 
        /* In the -EAGAIN case, callers loop, so we have to flush the console
         * here in case they have interrupts off (and we don't want to wait
        return written;
 }
 
+int opal_put_chars(uint32_t vtermno, const char *data, int total_len)
+{
+       return __opal_put_chars(vtermno, data, total_len, false);
+}
+
+/*
+ * opal_put_chars_atomic will not perform partial-writes. Data will be
+ * atomically written to the terminal or not at all. This is not strictly
+ * true at the moment because console space can race with OPAL's console
+ * writes.
+ */
+int opal_put_chars_atomic(uint32_t vtermno, const char *data, int total_len)
+{
+       return __opal_put_chars(vtermno, data, total_len, true);
+}
+
 int opal_flush_console(uint32_t vtermno)
 {
        s64 rc;
 
                        return -ENOMEM;
                pv->proto = proto;
                hvc_opal_privs[termno] = pv;
-               if (proto == HV_PROTOCOL_HVSI)
-                       hvsilib_init(&pv->hvsi, opal_get_chars, opal_put_chars,
+               if (proto == HV_PROTOCOL_HVSI) {
+                       /*
+                        * We want put_chars to be atomic to avoid mangling of
+                        * hvsi packets.
+                        */
+                       hvsilib_init(&pv->hvsi,
+                                    opal_get_chars, opal_put_chars_atomic,
                                     termno, 0);
+               }
 
                /* Instanciate now to establish a mapping index==vtermno */
                hvc_instantiate(termno, termno, ops);
        else if (of_device_is_compatible(stdout_node,"ibm,opal-console-hvsi")) {
                hvc_opal_boot_priv.proto = HV_PROTOCOL_HVSI;
                ops = &hvc_opal_hvsi_ops;
-               hvsilib_init(&hvc_opal_boot_priv.hvsi, opal_get_chars,
-                            opal_put_chars, index, 1);
+               hvsilib_init(&hvc_opal_boot_priv.hvsi,
+                            opal_get_chars, opal_put_chars_atomic,
+                            index, 1);
                /* HVSI, perform the handshake now */
                hvsilib_establish(&hvc_opal_boot_priv.hvsi);
                pr_devel("hvc_opal: Found HVSI console\n");
        hvc_opal_privs[index] = &hvc_opal_boot_priv;
        hvc_opal_boot_termno = index;
        udbg_init_opal_common();
-       hvsilib_init(&hvc_opal_boot_priv.hvsi, opal_get_chars, opal_put_chars,
+       hvsilib_init(&hvc_opal_boot_priv.hvsi,
+                    opal_get_chars, opal_put_chars_atomic,
                     index, 1);
        hvsilib_establish(&hvc_opal_boot_priv.hvsi);
 }