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[1/1] hvc_console: fix: hp->ws winsize check runs out-of-sync

Message ID 20081118113848.945650506@linux.vnet.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Commit 7947cf0dd4b6a2bb06c57971502fb81c76a66f2d
Delegated to: Paul Mackerras
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Hendrik Brueckner Nov. 18, 2008, 11:28 a.m. UTC
From: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

The test to check for a new winsize runs out-of-sync with the underlying
tty. After a tty has been released and initialized again, the winsize might

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Paul Mackerras Dec. 3, 2008, 9:17 a.m. UTC | #1
Hendrik Brueckner writes:

> From: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> The test to check for a new winsize runs out-of-sync with the underlying
> tty. After a tty has been released and initialized again, the winsize might
> differ between the tty and the hp struct. 
> The solution is to simply remove the check and always schedule the resize work.

Looks OK.  Is this going to go in via the s390 tree, or should I put
it in the powerpc tree?

Paul.
Hendrik Brueckner Dec. 3, 2008, 9:28 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi Paul,

On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 08:17:13PM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Looks OK.  Is this going to go in via the s390 tree, or should I put
> it in the powerpc tree?
The patch should go via the powerpc tree.

Thanks and regards,
Hendrik
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differ between the tty and the hp struct. 
The solution is to simply remove the check and always schedule the resize work.

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/char/hvc_console.c |    6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
@@ -689,10 +689,8 @@  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hvc_poll);
  */
 void hvc_resize(struct hvc_struct *hp, struct winsize ws)
 {
-	if ((hp->ws.ws_row != ws.ws_row) || (hp->ws.ws_col != ws.ws_col)) {
-		hp->ws = ws;
-		schedule_work(&hp->tty_resize);
-	}
+	hp->ws = ws;
+	schedule_work(&hp->tty_resize);
 }
 
 /*