[PATCH 1/2] s390/sclp: Introduce dedicated sclp-vt220 event buffer type

From: Maximilian Immanuel Brandtner

Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 08:23:25 EST


Introduce sclp-vt220 event buffer type to replace the
byte-manipulation behavior in the receiver function with well defined
primitives.

Signed-off-by: Maximilian Immanuel Brandtner <maxbr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c | 21 ++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c
index 62979adcb..6dd176049 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ struct sclp_vt220_sccb {
struct evbuf_header evbuf;
};

+struct sclp_vt220_evbuf {
+ struct evbuf_header header;
+ char type;
+ char data[];
+} __packed;
+
#define SCLP_VT220_MAX_CHARS_PER_BUFFER (PAGE_SIZE - \
sizeof(struct sclp_vt220_request) - \
sizeof(struct sclp_vt220_sccb))
@@ -522,25 +528,22 @@ static void sclp_vt220_handle_input(const char *buffer, unsigned int count)
/*
* Called by the SCLP to report incoming event buffers.
*/
-static void
-sclp_vt220_receiver_fn(struct evbuf_header *evbuf)
+static void sclp_vt220_receiver_fn(struct evbuf_header *evbuf)
{
- char *buffer;
+ struct sclp_vt220_evbuf *buffer;
unsigned int count;

- buffer = (char *) ((addr_t) evbuf + sizeof(struct evbuf_header));
- count = evbuf->length - sizeof(struct evbuf_header);
+ buffer = (struct sclp_vt220_evbuf *)evbuf;
+ count = evbuf->length - offsetof(struct sclp_vt220_evbuf, data);

- switch (*buffer) {
+ switch (buffer->type) {
case SCLP_VT220_SESSION_ENDED:
case SCLP_VT220_SESSION_STARTED:
sclp_vt220_reset_session();
break;
case SCLP_VT220_SESSION_DATA:
/* Send input to line discipline */
- buffer++;
- count--;
- sclp_vt220_handle_input(buffer, count);
+ sclp_vt220_handle_input(buffer->data, count);
tty_flip_buffer_push(&sclp_vt220_port);
break;
}
--
2.54.0