[PATCH v3 2/4] fbcon: Prevent that screen size is smaller than font size

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 5:02 PM Helge Deller <deller at gmx.de> wrote:
> We need to prevent that users configure a screen size which is smaller than the
> currently selected font size. Otherwise rendering chars on the screen will
> access memory outside the graphics memory region.
>
> This patch adds a new function fbcon_modechange_possible() which
> implements this check and which later may be extended with other checks
> if necessary.  The new function is called from the FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO
> ioctl handler in fbmem.c, which will return -EINVAL if userspace asked
> for a too small screen size.
>
> Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller at gmx.de>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert at linux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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