Re: [kbd] [patch] font: Leverage KD_FONT_OP_GET/SET_TALL font operations

From: Alexey Gladkov
Date: Wed Jan 11 2023 - 15:04:42 EST


On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:33:25AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> The new KD_FONT_OP_GET/SET_TALL font operations allow to load fonts taller
> than 32 pixels by dropping the VGA-specific vertical pitch limitation.
>
> The new maximum font size has thus been raised to 64x128.
>
> We however continue using the older font operations for smaller fonts, to
> continue supporting older kernels.
>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Index: kbd-2.5.1/src/compat/linux-kd.h
> ===================================================================
> --- kbd-2.5.1.orig/src/compat/linux-kd.h
> +++ kbd-2.5.1/src/compat/linux-kd.h
> @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ struct console_font_op {
> unsigned int flags; /* KD_FONT_FLAG_* */
> unsigned int width, height;
> unsigned int charcount;
> - unsigned char *data; /* font data with height fixed to 32 */
> + unsigned char *data; /* font data with vpitch fixed to 32 for
> + * KD_FONT_OP_SET/GET */
> };
>
> #define KD_FONT_OP_SET 0 /* Set font */
> @@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ struct console_font_op {
> #define KD_FONT_OP_SET_DEFAULT 2 /* Set font to default, \
> data points to name / NULL */
> #define KD_FONT_OP_COPY 3 /* Copy from another console */
> +#define KD_FONT_OP_SET_TALL 4 /* Set font with arbitrary vpitch */
> +#define KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL 5 /* Get font with arbitrary vpitch */
>
> #define KD_FONT_FLAG_OLD 0x80000000 /* Invoked via old interface */
> #define KD_FONT_FLAG_DONT_RECALC 1 /* Don't call adjust_height() */
> Index: kbd-2.5.1/src/libkfont/kdfontop.c
> ===================================================================
> --- kbd-2.5.1.orig/src/libkfont/kdfontop.c
> +++ kbd-2.5.1/src/libkfont/kdfontop.c
> @@ -51,19 +51,33 @@ get_font_kdfontop(struct kfont_context *
> unsigned char *buf,
> unsigned int *count,
> unsigned int *width,
> - unsigned int *height)
> + unsigned int *height,
> + unsigned int *vpitch)
> {
> struct console_font_op cfo;
>
> +#ifdef KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL
> + cfo.op = KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL;
> +#else
> cfo.op = KD_FONT_OP_GET;
> +#endif
> cfo.flags = 0;
> - cfo.width = cfo.height = 32;
> + cfo.width = 64;
> + cfo.height = 128;
> cfo.charcount = *count;
> cfo.data = buf;
>
> +retry:
> errno = 0;
>
> if (ioctl(consolefd, KDFONTOP, &cfo)) {
> +#ifdef KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL
> + if (errno == ENOSYS && cfo.op == KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL) {
> + /* Kernel before 6.2. */
> + cfo.op = KD_FONT_OP_GET;
> + goto retry;
> + }
> +#endif
> if (errno != ENOSYS && errno != EINVAL) {
> KFONT_ERR(ctx, "ioctl(KDFONTOP): %m");
> return -1;
> @@ -76,6 +90,14 @@ get_font_kdfontop(struct kfont_context *
> *height = cfo.height;
> if (width)
> *width = cfo.width;
> + if (vpitch) {
> +#ifdef KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL
> + if (cfo.op == KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL)
> + *vpitch = cfo.height;
> + else
> +#endif
> + *vpitch = 32;
> + }
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -88,16 +110,17 @@ int
> kfont_get_font(struct kfont_context *ctx, int fd, unsigned char *buf,
> unsigned int *count,
> unsigned int *width,
> - unsigned int *height)
> + unsigned int *height,
> + unsigned int *vpitch)
> {
> - return get_font_kdfontop(ctx, fd, buf, count, width, height);
> + return get_font_kdfontop(ctx, fd, buf, count, width, height, vpitch);
> }
>
> int unsigned
> kfont_get_fontsize(struct kfont_context *ctx, int fd)
> {
> unsigned int count = 0;
> - if (!kfont_get_font(ctx, fd, NULL, &count, NULL, NULL))
> + if (!kfont_get_font(ctx, fd, NULL, &count, NULL, NULL, NULL))
> return count;
> return 256;
> }
> @@ -106,11 +129,20 @@ static int
> put_font_kdfontop(struct kfont_context *ctx, int consolefd, unsigned char *buf,
> unsigned int count,
> unsigned int width,
> - unsigned int height)
> + unsigned int height,
> + unsigned int vpitch)
> {
> struct console_font_op cfo;
>
> - cfo.op = KD_FONT_OP_SET;
> + if (vpitch == 32 && width <= 32)
> + cfo.op = KD_FONT_OP_SET;
> + else {
> +#ifdef KD_FONT_OP_SET_TALL
> + cfo.op = KD_FONT_OP_SET_TALL;
> +#else
> + return 1;
> +#endif
> + }
> cfo.flags = 0;
> cfo.width = width;
> cfo.height = height;
> @@ -154,7 +186,7 @@ put_font_kdfontop(struct kfont_context *
>
> int
> kfont_put_font(struct kfont_context *ctx, int fd, unsigned char *buf, unsigned int count,
> - unsigned int width, unsigned int height)
> + unsigned int width, unsigned int height, unsigned int vpitch)
> {
> if (!width)
> width = 8;
> @@ -162,5 +194,5 @@ kfont_put_font(struct kfont_context *ctx
> if (!height)
> height = font_charheight(buf, count, width);
>
> - return put_font_kdfontop(ctx, fd, buf, count, width, height);
> + return put_font_kdfontop(ctx, fd, buf, count, width, height, vpitch);
> }
> Index: kbd-2.5.1/src/libkfont/kfont.h
> ===================================================================
> --- kbd-2.5.1.orig/src/libkfont/kfont.h
> +++ kbd-2.5.1/src/libkfont/kfont.h
> @@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ int kfont_load_unicodemap(struct kfont_c
> * Sets number of glyphs in COUNT, glyph size in WIDTH and HEIGHT.
> */
> int kfont_get_font(struct kfont_context *ctx, int consolefd, unsigned char *buf,
> - unsigned int *count, unsigned int *width, unsigned int *height)
> + unsigned int *count, unsigned int *width, unsigned int *height,
> + unsigned int *vpitch)
> __attribute__((nonnull(1)));
>
> /*
> @@ -180,7 +181,8 @@ int kfont_get_font(struct kfont_context
> * Return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
> */
> int kfont_put_font(struct kfont_context *ctx, int consolefd, unsigned char *buf,
> - unsigned int count, unsigned int width, unsigned int height)
> + unsigned int count, unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
> + unsigned int vpitch)
> __attribute__((nonnull(1)));
>
> /*
> @@ -239,7 +241,7 @@ void kfont_disactivatemap(int fd);
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> /* Maximum font size that we try to handle */
> -#define MAXFONTSIZE 65536
> +#define MAXFONTSIZE (512*64*128)
>
> /**
> * readpsffont reads a PSF font.
> Index: kbd-2.5.1/src/libkfont/setfont.c
> ===================================================================
> --- kbd-2.5.1.orig/src/libkfont/setfont.c
> +++ kbd-2.5.1/src/libkfont/setfont.c
> @@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ findpartialfont(struct kfont_context *ct
> static int erase_mode = 1;
>
> static int
> -do_loadfont(struct kfont_context *ctx, int fd, const unsigned char *inbuf,
> - unsigned int width, unsigned int height, unsigned int hwunit,
> +try_loadfont(struct kfont_context *ctx, int fd, const unsigned char *inbuf,
> + unsigned int width, unsigned int height, unsigned int vpitch,
> + unsigned int hwunit,
> unsigned int fontsize, const char *filename)
> {
> unsigned char *buf = NULL;
> @@ -54,13 +55,13 @@ do_loadfont(struct kfont_context *ctx, i
> int bad_video_erase_char = 0;
> int ret;
>
> - if (height < 1 || height > 32) {
> - KFONT_ERR(ctx, _("Bad character height %d"), height);
> + if (height < 1 || height > 64) {
> + KFONT_ERR(ctx, _("Bad character height %d (limit is 64)"), height);

Hm. But max_font_height is 128. Shouldn't it be height > 128 ?

> return -EX_DATAERR;
> }
>
> - if (width < 1 || width > 32) {
> - KFONT_ERR(ctx, _("Bad character width %d"), width);
> + if (width < 1 || width > 128) {
> + KFONT_ERR(ctx, _("Bad character width %d (limit is 128)"), width);

Same here. max_font_width is 64.

> return -EX_DATAERR;
> }
>
> @@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ do_loadfont(struct kfont_context *ctx, i
> hwunit = height;
>
> if ((ctx->options & (1 << kfont_double_size)) &&
> - (height > 16 || width > 16)) {
> - KFONT_ERR(ctx, _("Cannot double %dx%d font (limit is 16x16)"), width, height);
> + (height > 32 || width > 64)) {
> + KFONT_ERR(ctx, _("Cannot double %dx%d font (limit is 32x64)"), width, height);
> kfont_unset_option(ctx, kfont_double_size);
> }
>
> @@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ do_loadfont(struct kfont_context *ctx, i
> unsigned int kbytewidth = (2 * width + 7) / 8;
> unsigned int charsize = height * bytewidth;
>
> - kcharsize = 32 * kbytewidth;
> + kcharsize = vpitch * kbytewidth;
> buflen = kcharsize * ((fontsize < 128) ? 128 : fontsize);
>
> buf = calloc(1, buflen);
> @@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ do_loadfont(struct kfont_context *ctx, i
> unsigned int bytewidth = (width + 7) / 8;> unsigned int charsize = height * bytewidth;
>
> - kcharsize = 32 * bytewidth;
> + kcharsize = vpitch * bytewidth;
> buflen = kcharsize * ((fontsize < 128) ? 128 : fontsize);
>
> buf = calloc(1, buflen);
> @@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ do_loadfont(struct kfont_context *ctx, i
> KFONT_INFO(ctx, _("Loading %d-char %dx%d (%d) font"),
> fontsize, width, height, hwunit);
>
> - if (kfont_put_font(ctx, fd, buf, fontsize, width, hwunit) < 0) {
> + if (kfont_put_font(ctx, fd, buf, fontsize, width, hwunit, vpitch) < 1) {
> ret = -EX_OSERR;
> goto err;
> }
> @@ -181,6 +182,20 @@ err:
> }
>
> static int
> +do_loadfont(struct kfont_context *ctx, int fd, const unsigned char *inbuf,
> + unsigned int width, unsigned int height, unsigned int hwunit,
> + unsigned int fontsize, const char *filename)
> +{
> + int ret;
> +
> + if (height <= 32 && width <= 32)
> + /* This can work with pre-6.2 kernels and its size and vpitch limitations */
> + return try_loadfont(ctx, fd, inbuf, width, height, 32, hwunit, fontsize, filename);
> + else
> + return try_loadfont(ctx, fd, inbuf, width, height, height, hwunit, fontsize, filename);
> +}
> +
> +static int
> do_loadtable(struct kfont_context *ctx, int fd, struct unicode_list *uclistheads,
> unsigned int fontsize)
> {
> @@ -585,19 +600,19 @@ save_font(struct kfont_context *ctx, int
> /* this is the max font size the kernel is willing to handle */
> unsigned char buf[MAXFONTSIZE];
>
> - unsigned int i, ct, width, height, bytewidth, charsize, kcharsize;
> + unsigned int i, ct, width, height, bytewidth, charsize, kcharsize, vpitch;
> int ret;
>
> - ct = sizeof(buf) / (32 * 32 / 8); /* max size 32x32, 8 bits/byte */
> + ct = sizeof(buf) / (64 * 128 / 8); /* max size 64x128, 8 bits/byte */
>
> - if (kfont_get_font(ctx, consolefd, buf, &ct, &width, &height) < 0)
> + if (kfont_get_font(ctx, consolefd, buf, &ct, &width, &height, &vpitch) < 0)
> return -EX_OSERR;
>
> /* save as efficiently as possible */
> bytewidth = (width + 7) / 8;
> height = font_charheight(buf, ct, width);
> charsize = height * bytewidth;
> - kcharsize = 32 * bytewidth;
> + kcharsize = vpitch * bytewidth;
>
> /* Do we need a psf header? */
> /* Yes if ct==512 - otherwise we cannot distinguish
> Index: kbd-2.5.1/src/showconsolefont.c
> ===================================================================
> --- kbd-2.5.1.orig/src/showconsolefont.c
> +++ kbd-2.5.1/src/showconsolefont.c
> @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> if (info) {
> nr = rows = cols = 0;
>
> - ret = kfont_get_font(kfont, fd, NULL, &nr, &rows, &cols);
> + ret = kfont_get_font(kfont, fd, NULL, &nr, &rows, &cols, NULL);
> if (ret != 0)
> leave(kfont, EXIT_FAILURE);
>
> Index: kbd-2.5.1/tests/libtswrap/ioctl.c
> ===================================================================
> --- kbd-2.5.1.orig/tests/libtswrap/ioctl.c
> +++ kbd-2.5.1/tests/libtswrap/ioctl.c
> @@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ static struct translate_names kd_font_op
> { KD_FONT_OP_GET, "KD_FONT_OP_GET" },
> { KD_FONT_OP_SET_DEFAULT, "KD_FONT_OP_SET_DEFAULT" },
> { KD_FONT_OP_COPY, "KD_FONT_OP_COPY" },
> +#ifdef KD_FONT_OP_SET_TALL
> + { KD_FONT_OP_SET_TALL, "KD_FONT_OP_SET_TALL" },
> +#endif
> +#ifdef KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL
> + { KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL, "KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL" },
> +#endif
> { 0, NULL }
> };
>
>
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