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Subject: [PATCH v5 2/3] VT: Add KDFONTINFO ioctl

Each driver has its own restrictions on font size. There is currently no
way to understand what the requirements are. The new ioctl allows
userspace to get the minimum and maximum font size values.

Acked-by: Helge Deller <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <[email protected]>
---
drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c | 13 +++++++++++++
include/linux/console.h | 3 +++
include/linux/vt_kern.h | 1 +
include/uapi/linux/kd.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 55 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 9b5b98dfc8b4..e8db0e9ea674 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -4851,6 +4851,30 @@ int con_font_op(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font_op *op)
return -ENOSYS;
}

+int con_font_info(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font_info *info)
+{
+ int rc;
+
+ info->min_height = 0;
+ info->max_height = max_font_height;
+
+ info->min_width = 0;
+ info->max_width = max_font_width;
+
+ info->flags = KD_FONT_INFO_FLAG_LOW_SIZE | KD_FONT_INFO_FLAG_HIGH_SIZE;
+
+ console_lock();
+ if (vc->vc_mode != KD_TEXT)
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ else if (vc->vc_sw->con_font_info)
+ rc = vc->vc_sw->con_font_info(vc, info);
+ else
+ rc = -ENOSYS;
+ console_unlock();
+
+ return rc;
+}
+
/*
* Interface exported to selection and vcs.
*/
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
index 4b91072f3a4e..9a2f8081f650 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -479,6 +479,19 @@ static int vt_k_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int cmd,
break;
}

+ case KDFONTINFO: {
+ struct console_font_info fnt_info;
+
+ memset(&fnt_info, 0, sizeof(fnt_info));
+
+ ret = con_font_info(vc, &fnt_info);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ if (copy_to_user(up, &fnt_info, sizeof(fnt_info)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ break;
+ }
+
default:
return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/console.h b/include/linux/console.h
index 31a8f5b85f5d..4b798322aa01 100644
--- a/include/linux/console.h
+++ b/include/linux/console.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <linux/vesa.h>

struct vc_data;
+struct console_font_info;
struct console_font_op;
struct console_font;
struct module;
@@ -102,6 +103,8 @@ struct consw {
bool (*con_switch)(struct vc_data *vc);
bool (*con_blank)(struct vc_data *vc, enum vesa_blank_mode blank,
bool mode_switch);
+ int (*con_font_info)(struct vc_data *vc,
+ struct console_font_info *info);
int (*con_font_set)(struct vc_data *vc,
const struct console_font *font,
unsigned int vpitch, unsigned int flags);
diff --git a/include/linux/vt_kern.h b/include/linux/vt_kern.h
index d008c3d0a9bb..383b3a4f6113 100644
--- a/include/linux/vt_kern.h
+++ b/include/linux/vt_kern.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void do_blank_screen(int entering_gfx);
void do_unblank_screen(int leaving_gfx);
void poke_blanked_console(void);
int con_font_op(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font_op *op);
+int con_font_info(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font_info *info);
int con_set_cmap(unsigned char __user *cmap);
int con_get_cmap(unsigned char __user *cmap);
void scrollback(struct vc_data *vc);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kd.h b/include/uapi/linux/kd.h
index 8ddb2219a84b..68b715ad4d5c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kd.h
@@ -185,6 +185,20 @@ struct console_font {

#define KD_FONT_FLAG_DONT_RECALC 1 /* Don't recalculate hw charcell size [compat] */

+/* font information */
+
+#define KD_FONT_INFO_FLAG_LOW_SIZE _BITUL(0) /* 256 */
+#define KD_FONT_INFO_FLAG_HIGH_SIZE _BITUL(1) /* 512 */
+
+struct console_font_info {
+ __u32 flags; /* KD_FONT_INFO_FLAG_* */
+ __u32 min_width, min_height; /* minimal font size */
+ __u32 max_width, max_height; /* maximum font size */
+ __u32 reserved[5]; /* This field is reserved for future use. Must be 0. */
+};
+
+#define KDFONTINFO _IOR(KD_IOCTL_BASE, 0x73, struct console_font_info)
+
/* note: 0x4B00-0x4B4E all have had a value at some time;
don't reuse for the time being */
/* note: 0x4B60-0x4B6D, 0x4B70-0x4B72 used above */
--
2.44.0

2024-04-17 17:39:29

by Alexey Gladkov

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On 4/25/24 13:06, Alexey Gladkov wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 12:33:28PM +0200, Helge Deller wrote:
>>>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kd.h b/include/uapi/linux/kd.h
>>>>> index 8ddb2219a84b..68b715ad4d5c 100644
>>>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kd.h
>>>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kd.h
>>>>> @@ -185,6 +185,20 @@ struct console_font {
>>>>>
>>>>> #define KD_FONT_FLAG_DONT_RECALC 1 /* Don't recalculate hw charcell size [compat] */
>>>>>
>>>>> +/* font information */
>>>>> +
>>>>> +#define KD_FONT_INFO_FLAG_LOW_SIZE _BITUL(0) /* 256 */
>>>>> +#define KD_FONT_INFO_FLAG_HIGH_SIZE _BITUL(1) /* 512 */
>>>>
>>>> Do we really need those bits?
>>>> You set a default min/max font size in con_font_info() above,
>>>> and all drivers can override those values.
>>>> So, there are always min/max sizes available.
>>>
>>> These bits are not about the minimum and maximum glyph size, but about the
>>> number of glyphs in the font.
>>>
>>> Maybe this is an overkill, but sticon has this check:
>>>
>>> if ((w < 6) || (h < 6) || (w > 32) || (h > 32) || (vpitch != 32)
>>> || (op->charcount != 256 && op->charcount != 512))
>>>
>>> [ to be honest, I don’t know why this driver doesn’t accept a glyph of
>>> width 4 ]
>>
>> I think there was no technical limitation when I added that.
>> It's just that the font would be so small...
>
> If so, then I can remove min_height/min_width from the ioctl structure.
> And most likely the flags can also be left empty since at the moment all
> drivers support 512.

Yes, I think that's ok.

Helge