linux-kernel - [PATCH] vt: Performsafe console erase only once

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 11:53:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:   Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] vt: Performsafe  console erase only once

Commit f8df13e0a9 ("tty: Clean console safely") added code to clear
both the scrollback buffer and the screen with "\e[3J", then execution
falls through into the code to simply clear the screen. This means
scr_memsetw() and the console driver update callback are called twice
on the whole screen buffer. Let's reorganize the code so the same work
is not performed twice needlessly.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index f97251f39c..1eb1a376a0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -1178,15 +1178,8 @@ static void csi_J(struct vc_data *vc, int vpar)
 			count = ((vc->vc_pos - vc->vc_origin) >> 1) + 1;
 			start = (unsigned short *)vc->vc_origin;
 			break;
-		case 3: /* erase scroll-back buffer (and whole display) */
-			scr_memsetw(vc->vc_screenbuf, vc->vc_video_erase_char,
-				    vc->vc_screenbuf_size);
-			flush_scrollback(vc);
-			set_origin(vc);
-			if (con_is_visible(vc))
-				update_screen(vc);
-			/* fall through */
 		case 2: /* erase whole display */
+		case 3: /* (and scrollback buffer later) */
 			count = vc->vc_cols * vc->vc_rows;
 			start = (unsigned short *)vc->vc_origin;
 			break;
@@ -1194,7 +1187,12 @@ static void csi_J(struct vc_data *vc, int vpar)
 			return;
 	}
 	scr_memsetw(start, vc->vc_video_erase_char, 2 * count);
-	if (con_should_update(vc))
+	if (vpar == 3) {
+		set_origin(vc);
+		flush_scrollback(vc);
+		if (con_is_visible(vc))
+			update_screen(vc);
+	} else if (con_should_update(vc))
 		do_update_region(vc, (unsigned long) start, count);
 	vc->vc_need_wrap = 0;
 }