Re: [PATCH] fbcon: warn on invalid cursor blink intervals

[David Daney]

On 05/19/2016 03:31 PM, Scot Doyle wrote:
> Two systems are locking on boot [1] because ops->cur_blink_jiffies
> is set to zero from vc->vc_cur_blink_ms.
>
> Ignore such invalid intervals and log a warning.
>
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574814
>
> Suggested-by: David Daney <david.daney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle <lkml14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [v4.2]

This seems better. I didn't test it, but...

Acked-by: David Daney <david.daney@xxxxxxxxxx>


> ---
>   drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
> index 6e92917..fad5b89 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
> @@ -1095,7 +1095,13 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int init)
>   		con_copy_unimap(vc, svc);
>
>   	ops = info->fbcon_par;
> -	ops->cur_blink_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(vc->vc_cur_blink_ms);
> +
> +	if (vc->vc_cur_blink_ms >= 50)
> +		ops->cur_blink_jiffies =
> +		    msecs_to_jiffies(vc->vc_cur_blink_ms);
> +	else
> +		WARN_ONCE(1, "blink interval < 50 ms");
> +
>   	p->con_rotate = initial_rotation;
>   	set_blitting_type(vc, info);
>
> @@ -1309,7 +1315,11 @@ static void fbcon_cursor(struct vc_data *vc, int mode)
>   	int y;
>    	int c = scr_readw((u16 *) vc->vc_pos);
>
> -	ops->cur_blink_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(vc->vc_cur_blink_ms);
> +	if (vc->vc_cur_blink_ms >= 50)
> +		ops->cur_blink_jiffies =
> +		    msecs_to_jiffies(vc->vc_cur_blink_ms);
> +	else
> +		WARN_ONCE(1, "blink interval < 50 ms");
>
>   	if (fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info) || vc->vc_deccm != 1)
>   		return;