[PATCH v2 3/7] fbcon: Implement struct consw.con_unblank

From: Thomas Zimmermann

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 05:42:23 EST


Implement con_unblank from struct consw with the !blank branches from
fbcon_blank(). The new function is called fbcon_unblank(). Remove the
duplicated code from fbcon_blank().

Fbcon tracks fbdev blank state in par->blank_state using fbdev's FB_BLANK
constants. In fbcon_unblank() the stored value is always FB_BLANK_UNBLANK.
In fbcon_blank(), the new blank state is 1 + plus the VESA blank mode
given in the parameter blank.

fbcon_blank() now disables the cursor worker unconditionally.

Unblanking while switching the console from graphics to text mode
requires setting the display with fb_set_var(). fbcon_unblank() does not
receive the mode_switch flag from its caller, so track the flag with the
par->graphics and vc->vc_num fields. A later update might add a mode-
switching callback to simplify this logic.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 615fa596b7cc..6d564111ebd0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -2293,32 +2293,53 @@ static bool fbcon_blank(struct vc_data *vc, enum vesa_blank_mode blank,
struct fb_info *info = fbcon_info_from_console(vc->vc_num);
struct fbcon_par *par = info->fbcon_par;

- if (mode_switch) {
- struct fb_var_screeninfo var = info->var;
+ if (mode_switch)
+ par->graphics = true;

- par->graphics = 1;
+ if (fbcon_is_active(vc, info)) {
+ int blank_state = 1 + blank; /* convert VESA to FB_BLANK constant */

- if (!blank) {
- var.activate = FB_ACTIVATE_NOW | FB_ACTIVATE_FORCE |
- FB_ACTIVATE_KD_TEXT;
- fb_set_var(info, &var);
- par->graphics = 0;
- par->var = info->var;
+ if (par->blank_state != blank_state) {
+ par->blank_state = blank_state;
+ fbcon_cursor(vc, false);
+ par->cursor_flash = false;
+
+ if (fb_blank(info, blank_state))
+ fbcon_generic_blank(vc, info, true);
}
}

+ fbcon_del_cursor_work(info);
+
+ return false;
+}
+
+static bool fbcon_unblank(struct vc_data *vc)
+{
+ struct fb_info *info = fbcon_info_from_console(vc->vc_num);
+ struct fbcon_par *par = info->fbcon_par;
+ bool mode_switch = par->graphics && vc->vc_mode == KD_TEXT;
+
+ if (mode_switch) {
+ struct fb_var_screeninfo var = info->var;
+
+ var.activate = FB_ACTIVATE_NOW | FB_ACTIVATE_FORCE | FB_ACTIVATE_KD_TEXT;
+ fb_set_var(info, &var);
+ par->graphics = false;
+ par->var = info->var;
+ }
+
if (fbcon_is_active(vc, info)) {
- if (par->blank_state != blank) {
- par->blank_state = blank;
- fbcon_cursor(vc, !blank);
- par->cursor_flash = (!blank);
+ if (par->blank_state != FB_BLANK_UNBLANK) {
+ par->blank_state = FB_BLANK_UNBLANK;
+ fbcon_cursor(vc, true);
+ par->cursor_flash = true;

- if (fb_blank(info, blank))
- fbcon_generic_blank(vc, info, blank);
+ if (fb_blank(info, FB_BLANK_UNBLANK))
+ fbcon_generic_blank(vc, info, false);
}

- if (!blank)
- update_screen(vc);
+ update_screen(vc);
}

if (mode_switch || !fbcon_is_active(vc, info) || par->blank_state != FB_BLANK_UNBLANK)
@@ -3168,6 +3189,7 @@ static const struct consw fb_con = {
.con_scroll = fbcon_scroll,
.con_switch = fbcon_switch,
.con_blank = fbcon_blank,
+ .con_unblank = fbcon_unblank,
.con_font_set = fbcon_set_font,
.con_font_get = fbcon_get_font,
.con_font_default = fbcon_set_def_font,
--
2.55.0