Thread (28 messages) 28 messages, 3 authors, 2022-07-04

Re: [PATCH 2/5] fbcon: Fix up user-provided virtual screen size

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: 2022-06-30 19:01:01
Also in: dri-devel

Hi Helge,

On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 10:00 PM Helge Deller [off-list ref] wrote:
The virtual screen size can't be smaller than the physical screen size.
Based on the general rule that we round up user-provided input if
neccessary, adjust the virtual screen size as well if needed.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.4+
Thanks for your patch!
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,11 @@ static long do_fb_ioctl(struct fb_info *info, unsigned int cmd,
                        return -EFAULT;
                console_lock();
                lock_fb_info(info);
+               /* adjust virtual screen size if user missed it */
+               if (var.xres_virtual < var.xres)
+                       var.xres_virtual = var.xres;
+               if (var.yres_virtual < var.yres)
+                       var.yres_virtual = var.yres;
                ret = fb_set_var(info, &var);
                if (!ret)
                        fbcon_update_vcs(info, var.activate & FB_ACTIVATE_ALL);
Given "[PATCH 4/5] fbmem: Prevent invalid virtual screen sizes in
fb_set_var", I don't think we need this patch.  Moreover, this
patch will prevent triggering the WARN_ON()s in [PATCH 4/5] in the
most common buggy case of drivers plainly ignoring var.[xy]res_virtual.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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