linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/16] vt: declare xy for get/putconsxy properly

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Message-Id: <20200818085706.12163-2-jslaby@suse.cz>
Date:   Tue, 18 Aug 2020 10:56:52 +0200
From:   Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 02/16] vt: declare xy for get/putconsxy properly

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@...e.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])
 {
 	/* clamp values if they don't fit */
-	p[0] = min(vc->state.x, 0xFFu);
-	p[1] = min(vc->state.y, 0xFFu);
+	xy[0] = min(vc->state.x, 0xFFu);
+	xy[1] = min(vc->state.y, 0xFFu);
 }
 
-void putconsxy(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char *p)
+void putconsxy(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char xy[static const 2])
 {
 	hide_cursor(vc);
-	gotoxy(vc, p[0], p[1]);
+	gotoxy(vc, xy[0], xy[1]);
 	set_cursor(vc);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/selection.h b/include/linux/selection.h
index 34404a019ebf..15e36e7ef869 100644
--- a/include/linux/selection.h
+++ b/include/linux/selection.h
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ extern u32 screen_glyph_unicode(const struct vc_data *vc, int offset);
 extern void complement_pos(struct vc_data *vc, int offset);
 extern void invert_screen(struct vc_data *vc, int offset, int count, int shift);
 
-extern void getconsxy(const struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char *p);
-extern void putconsxy(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char *p);
+extern void getconsxy(const struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char xy[static 2]);
+extern void putconsxy(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char xy[static const 2]);
 
 extern u16 vcs_scr_readw(const struct vc_data *vc, const u16 *org);
 extern void vcs_scr_writew(struct vc_data *vc, u16 val, u16 *org);
-- 
2.28.0