[Linux-fbdev-devel] const fb_{fillrect,copyarea,image}?

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

Wouldn't it make sense to make the fb_{fillrect,copyarea,image} parameters of
the fb_ops.fb_{fillrect,copyarea,image}() operations const? This would protect
us against side effects when reusing the fb_{fillrect,copyarea,image} structs
without reinitializing their contents (as is currently done by the logo drawing
code in fbcon_show_logo() on SMP).

Of course this means that we have to modify the clipping code, which currently
just modifies the passed structure.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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