[PATCH 1/2] console: Remove dummy con_font_op() callback implementations

From: Peilin Ye
Date: Sat Oct 31 2020 - 03:27:10 EST


`struct console_font` is a UAPI structure, thus ideally should not be
used for kernel internal abstraction. Remove some dummy .con_font_set,
.con_font_default and .con_font_copy `struct consw` callback
implementations, to make it cleaner.

Patch "fbcon: Prevent global-out-of-bounds read in fbcon_copy_font()"
depends on this patch, so Cc: stable.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Context: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAKMK7uFY2zv0adjKJ_ORVFT7Zzwn075MaU0rEU7_FuqENLR=UA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb_con.c | 21 ---------------------
drivers/video/console/dummycon.c | 20 --------------------
2 files changed, 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb_con.c b/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb_con.c
index c63e545fb105..dfa0d5ce6012 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb_con.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb_con.c
@@ -1345,24 +1345,6 @@ static int sisusbdummycon_blank(struct vc_data *vc, int blank, int mode_switch)
return 0;
}

-static int sisusbdummycon_font_set(struct vc_data *vc,
- struct console_font *font,
- unsigned int flags)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
-static int sisusbdummycon_font_default(struct vc_data *vc,
- struct console_font *font, char *name)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
-static int sisusbdummycon_font_copy(struct vc_data *vc, int con)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
static const struct consw sisusb_dummy_con = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.con_startup = sisusbdummycon_startup,
@@ -1375,9 +1357,6 @@ static const struct consw sisusb_dummy_con = {
.con_scroll = sisusbdummycon_scroll,
.con_switch = sisusbdummycon_switch,
.con_blank = sisusbdummycon_blank,
- .con_font_set = sisusbdummycon_font_set,
- .con_font_default = sisusbdummycon_font_default,
- .con_font_copy = sisusbdummycon_font_copy,
};

int
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/dummycon.c b/drivers/video/console/dummycon.c
index 2a0d0bda7faa..f1711b2f9ff0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/dummycon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/dummycon.c
@@ -124,23 +124,6 @@ static int dummycon_switch(struct vc_data *vc)
return 0;
}

-static int dummycon_font_set(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font *font,
- unsigned int flags)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
-static int dummycon_font_default(struct vc_data *vc,
- struct console_font *font, char *name)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
-static int dummycon_font_copy(struct vc_data *vc, int con)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
/*
* The console `switch' structure for the dummy console
*
@@ -159,8 +142,5 @@ const struct consw dummy_con = {
.con_scroll = dummycon_scroll,
.con_switch = dummycon_switch,
.con_blank = dummycon_blank,
- .con_font_set = dummycon_font_set,
- .con_font_default = dummycon_font_default,
- .con_font_copy = dummycon_font_copy,
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dummy_con);
--
2.25.1