Re: [PATCH v3] fbcon: Silence fbcon logo on 'quiet' boots

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On 1/2/19 11:05 AM, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Thu 2018-12-20 17:31:57, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>>
>> [ added Petr & Sergey to Cc: ]
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 10/30/2018 04:44 PM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>>> On text-based systems the 'quiet' boot option will show printk levels
>>> higher than CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_QUIET.  The displaying of the Tux logo
>>> during boot can cause some consoles to lose display data and as a result
>>> confuse the end user.
>>>
>>> Do not display the Tux logo on systems that are in 'quiet' boot.
>>>
>>> v2: It helps to commit all my changes before sending them.  Remove extra
>>> bracket.
>>> v3: buildbot error fix: fbcon can be built as part of a module so export console_printk
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Marko Myllynen <myllynen@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Yisheng Xie <ysxie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 13 ++++++++-----
>>>  kernel/printk/printk.c           |  1 +
>>>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
>>> index 8958ccc8b1ac..08e092eaf45c 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
>>> @@ -649,11 +649,14 @@ static void fbcon_prepare_logo(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
>>>  		kfree(save);
>>>  	}
>>>  
>>> +	if (logo_shown == FBCON_LOGO_DONTSHOW)
>>> +		return;
>>> +
>>>  	if (logo_lines > vc->vc_bottom) {
>>>  		logo_shown = FBCON_LOGO_CANSHOW;
>>>  		printk(KERN_INFO
>>>  		       "fbcon_init: disable boot-logo (boot-logo bigger than screen).\n");
>>> -	} else if (logo_shown != FBCON_LOGO_DONTSHOW) {
>>> +	} else {
>>>  		logo_shown = FBCON_LOGO_DRAW;
>>>  		vc->vc_top = logo_lines;
>>>  	}
>>> @@ -1051,7 +1054,7 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int init)
>>>  	struct vc_data **default_mode = vc->vc_display_fg;
>>>  	struct vc_data *svc = *default_mode;
>>>  	struct display *t, *p = &fb_display[vc->vc_num];
>>> -	int logo = 1, new_rows, new_cols, rows, cols, charcnt = 256;
>>> +	int new_rows, new_cols, rows, cols, charcnt = 256;
>>>  	int cap, ret;
>>>  
>>>  	if (info_idx == -1 || info == NULL)
>>> @@ -1059,9 +1062,9 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int init)
>>>  
>>>  	cap = info->flags;
>>>  
>>> -	if (vc != svc || logo_shown == FBCON_LOGO_DONTSHOW ||
>>> +	if (vc != svc || console_loglevel <= CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_QUIET ||
>>>  	    (info->fix.type == FB_TYPE_TEXT))
>>> -		logo = 0;
>>> +		logo_shown = FBCON_LOGO_DONTSHOW;
>>
>> "logo" variable removal is an unrelated change which actually
>> changes the code behavior ("logo_shown" will be now modified
>> also for "vc != svc" and "info->fix.type == FB_TYPE_TEXT" cases).
>>
>> Please either drop it or explain in the patch description why
>> it is a safe thing to do.
> 

Hi Petr, I will drop it from the patch.

P.

> Good question! I am not familiar with fbcon code but it seems
> that there might be more instances and they share the behavior
> via this variable.
> 
> Note that console_loglevel might get modified at anytime. What if
> the first fbcon was initialized with a different loglevel?
> 
> 
>>>  	if (var_to_display(p, &info->var, info))
>>>  		return;
>>> @@ -1176,7 +1179,7 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int init)
>>>  	} else
>>>  		vc_resize(vc, new_cols, new_rows);
>>>  
>>> -	if (logo)
>>> +	if (logo_shown != FBCON_LOGO_DONTSHOW)
>>>  		fbcon_prepare_logo(vc, info, cols, rows, new_cols, new_rows);
>>>  
>>>  	if (vc == svc && softback_buf)
>>> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
>>> index b77150ad1965..391e390feac9 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
>>> @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ int console_printk[4] = {
>>>  	CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_MIN,		/* minimum_console_loglevel */
>>>  	CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT,	/* default_console_loglevel */
>>>  };
>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_printk);
>>
>> You need printk Maintainers Ack on it.
> 
> I am fine with the added export (as a printk maintainer).
> 
> Best Regards,
> Petr
> 



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