From 61912c607fa9955dcf3fc018b227baa98a6776dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Zimmermann Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 15:14:45 +0100 Subject: vt: Store font in struct vc_font Replace struct console_font with struct vc_font for the type of the vc_font field of struct vc_data. Struct console_font is UAPI, which prevents further changes. Hence a new data type is required. Struct console_font has a documented vertical pitch of 32 bytes. This is not the case after the font data has been loaded into the kernel. Changing the type of vc_font addresses this inconsistency. The font data is now declared as constant, as it might come from the kernel's read-only section. There's some fallout throughout the console code where non-const variables refer to it. Fix them. A later update will declare the font data to a dedicated data type. v3: - fix typos Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann Signed-off-by: Helge Deller --- include/linux/console_struct.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/console_struct.h b/include/linux/console_struct.h index ebdb9750d348..ea0cdf4278a3 100644 --- a/include/linux/console_struct.h +++ b/include/linux/console_struct.h @@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_CONSOLE_STRUCT_H #define _LINUX_CONSOLE_STRUCT_H -#include +#include #include +#include #include struct uni_pagedict; @@ -58,6 +59,30 @@ struct vc_state { bool reverse; }; +/** + * struct vc_font - Describes a font + * @width: The width of a single glyph in bits + * @height: The height of a single glyph in scanlines + * @charcount: The number of glyphs in the font + * @data: The raw font data + * + * Font data is organized as an array of glyphs. Each glyph is a bitmap with + * set bits indicating the foreground color. Unset bits indicate background + * color. The fields @width and @height store a single glyph's number of + * horizontal bits and vertical scanlines. If width is not a multiple of 8, + * there are trailing bits to fill up the byte. These bits should not be drawn. + * + * The field @data points to the first glyph's first byte. The value @charcount + * gives the number of glyphs in the font. There are no empty scanlines between + * two adjacent glyphs. + */ +struct vc_font { + unsigned int width; + unsigned int height; + unsigned int charcount; + const unsigned char *data; +}; + /* * Example: vc_data of a console that was scrolled 3 lines down. * @@ -122,7 +147,7 @@ struct vc_data { unsigned long vc_pos; /* Cursor address */ /* fonts */ unsigned short vc_hi_font_mask; /* [#] Attribute set for upper 256 chars of font or 0 if not supported */ - struct console_font vc_font; /* Current VC font set */ + struct vc_font vc_font; /* Current VC font set */ unsigned short vc_video_erase_char; /* Background erase character */ /* VT terminal data */ unsigned int vc_state; /* Escape sequence parser state */ -- cgit v1.2.3