Re: [PATCH v2 09/11] fblog: register console driver

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sun Jul 08 2012 - 18:10:08 EST


On Sun, 2012-07-08 at 23:56 +0200, David Herrmann wrote:
> We want to print the kernel log to all FBs so we need a console driver.
> This registers the driver on startup and writes all messages to all
> registered fblog instances.

Hi David. Trivia only:

> diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fblog.c b/drivers/video/console/fblog.c
[]
> @@ -47,6 +71,107 @@ static struct fblog_fb *fblog_fbs[FB_MAX];
> static bool active = 1;
>
> #define to_fblog_dev(_d) container_of(_d, struct fblog_fb, dev)
> +#define FBLOG_STR(x) x, sizeof(x) - 1

That's a rather ugly macro.

> +static void fblog_buf_resize(struct fblog_buf *buf, size_t width,
> + size_t height)
> +{
> + u16 **lines = NULL;
> + size_t i, j, minw, minh;
> +
> + if (buf->height == height && buf->width == width)
> + return;
> +
> + if (width && height) {
> + lines = kzalloc(height * sizeof(char*), GFP_KERNEL);

sizeof(char *) is a bit more kernel style like.


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