Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:43:41 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 02/16] vt: declare xy for get/putconsxy properly |
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 10:56:52AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote: > That is: > 1) call the parameter 'xy' to denote what it really is, not generic 'p' > 2) tell the compiler and users that we expect an array: > * with at least 2 chars (static 2) > * which we don't modify in putconsxy (const) > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> > --- > drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 10 +++++----- > include/linux/selection.h | 4 ++-- > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c > index 8f283221330e..a0da7771c327 100644 > --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c > +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c > @@ -4769,17 +4769,17 @@ unsigned short *screen_pos(const struct vc_data *vc, int w_offset, int viewed) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(screen_pos); > > -void getconsxy(const struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char *p) > +void getconsxy(const struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char xy[static 2])
I didn't realize we could do "[static 2]" in the kernel now, is that thanks to the bump of the minimum gcc version? If so, nice!
thanks,
greg k-h
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