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

[James S. <jsi...@in...>]

> 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).

Where is this exactly?

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

:-( That is done to prevent someone from passing data that is larger than 
the framebuffer.