Re: [PATCH 02/16] vt: declare xy for get/putconsxy properly

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Aug 18 2020 - 07:43:21 EST


On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 10:56:52AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> 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@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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])

I didn't realize we could do "[static 2]" in the kernel now, is that
thanks to the bump of the minimum gcc version? If so, nice!

thanks,

greg k-h