linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fbcon: unconditionally initialize cursor blink interval

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Date:	Tue, 4 Aug 2015 22:32:50 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Scot Doyle <lkml14@...tdoyle.com>
Cc:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbcon: unconditionally initialize cursor blink interval

On Tue 2015-08-04 12:33:32, Scot Doyle wrote:
> A sun7i-a20-olinuxino-micro fails to boot when kernel parameter
> vt.global_cursor_default=0. The value is copied to vc->vc_deccm
> causing the initialization of ops->cur_blink_jiffies to be skipped.
> Unconditionally initialize it.
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: Jonathan Liu <net147@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle <lkml14@...tdoyle.com>

Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>

> index 658c34b..1aaf893 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
> @@ -1306,10 +1306,11 @@ 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 (fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info) || vc->vc_deccm != 1)
>  		return;
>  
> -	ops->cur_blink_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(vc->vc_cur_blink_ms);
>  	if (vc->vc_cursor_type & 0x10)
>  		fbcon_del_cursor_timer(info);
>  	else

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