linux-kernel - [PATCH] fbcon: rotate upside down crash

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Date:	Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:23:46 +0200
From:	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, adaplas@....net
Subject: [PATCH] fbcon: rotate upside down crash

Attached is a bug fix for the frame console. 

The current frame buffer console upside down functionality will crash
using a font which has not a width of multiple by 8. 

The following 1 liner will fix the rotate_ud() function,

 fbcon_rotate.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-2.6.31-rc4/drivers/video/console/fbcon_rotate.h	2009-07-24
20:37:31.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.31-rc4.orig/drivers/video/console/fbcon_rotate.h
2009-06-10 05:05:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	width = (width + 7) & ~7;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < height; i++) {
-		for (j = 0; j < width - shift; j++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < width; j++) {
 			if (pattern_test_bit(j, i, width, in))
 				pattern_set_bit(width - (1 + j + shift),
 						height - (1 + i),


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