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authorSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2006-08-27 01:23:39 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-08-27 11:01:29 -0700
commit533475d3d48eb839be2b57f6b020150abae91063 (patch)
tree04145dcb5d7499fb2f8899a42ac0350c6e55203a
parentb8cf368944807e29b16b24588a2a35c829bc9d9a (diff)
[PATCH] vcsa attribute bits -> ioctl(VT_GETHIFONTMASK)
When reading /dev/vcsa while a font with more than 256 characters is loaded, one of the attribute bits records the 9th bit of the character. But depending on the console driver (vgacon or fbcon for instance), that's bit 3 or bit 0. And there is no way for userland to know that, thus no way for userland to safely grab the screen content. So here is a (tested) patch: Add a VT_GETHIFONTMASK ioctl for knowing which bit is the 9th bit for VC text (vc_hi_font_mask field of the vc_data structure). Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/compat_ioctl.h1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/vt.h1
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index eccffaf26fa..a5628a8b662 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -1011,6 +1011,8 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
return -EPERM;
vt_dont_switch = 0;
return 0;
+ case VT_GETHIFONTMASK:
+ return put_user(vc->vc_hi_font_mask, (unsigned short __user *)arg);
default:
return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/compat_ioctl.h b/include/linux/compat_ioctl.h
index 269d000bb2a..bea0255196c 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat_ioctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat_ioctl.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(VT_RESIZE)
COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(VT_RESIZEX)
COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(VT_LOCKSWITCH)
COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(VT_UNLOCKSWITCH)
+COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(VT_GETHIFONTMASK)
/* Little p (/dev/rtc, /dev/envctrl, etc.) */
COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(RTC_AIE_ON)
COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(RTC_AIE_OFF)
diff --git a/include/linux/vt.h b/include/linux/vt.h
index 8ab334a4822..ba806e8711b 100644
--- a/include/linux/vt.h
+++ b/include/linux/vt.h
@@ -60,5 +60,6 @@ struct vt_consize {
#define VT_RESIZEX 0x560A /* set kernel's idea of screensize + more */
#define VT_LOCKSWITCH 0x560B /* disallow vt switching */
#define VT_UNLOCKSWITCH 0x560C /* allow vt switching */
+#define VT_GETHIFONTMASK 0x560D /* return hi font mask */
#endif /* _LINUX_VT_H */