This patch fixes strange characters in serial console. Before: [ 0.448000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled �[ 0.695000] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 0) is a 16550A �[ 0.942000] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 0) is a 16550A �[ 1.189000] serial8250: ttyS2 at I/O 0x3e8 (irq = 0) is a 16550A [ 1.194000] Non-volatile memory driver v1.3 After: [ 0.541000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled [ 0.788000] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 0) is a 16550A [ 1.041000] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 0) is a 16550A [ 1.294000] serial8250: ttyS2 at I/O 0x3e8 (irq = 0) is a 16550A [ 1.309000] Non-volatile memory driver v1.3 Signed-off-by: Asias He <asias.hejun@xxxxxxxxx> --- tools/kvm/term.c | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/kvm/term.c b/tools/kvm/term.c index 2a3e1f0..85b41e7 100644 --- a/tools/kvm/term.c +++ b/tools/kvm/term.c @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/uio.h> #include <signal.h> +#include <ctype.h> #include "kvm/read-write.h" #include "kvm/term.h" @@ -57,8 +58,10 @@ int term_putc(int who, char *addr, int cnt) if (who != active_console) return -1; - while (cnt--) - fprintf(stdout, "%c", *addr++); + while (cnt--) { + if (isascii(*addr)) + fprintf(stdout, "%c", *addr++); + } fflush(stdout); return cnt; -- 1.7.5.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html