Re: [PATCH 4.19 66/78] fbcon: remove soft scrollback code

2020-09-23 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 8:19 PM Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 1:44 AM Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > > > > > https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/15/2 > > > > Thank you for the pointer! > > Note that for me to be willing to take the softscollback code back, it >

Re: [PATCH 4.19 66/78] fbcon: remove soft scrollback code

2020-09-23 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 1:44 AM Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > > https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/15/2 > > Thank you for the pointer! Note that for me to be willing to take the softscollback code back, it really would have to be more than just a revert and a trivial fix. It wou

Re: [PATCH 4.19 66/78] fbcon: remove soft scrollback code

2020-09-23 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > I believe it will need to be reverted in Linus' tree, too. In fact, > > the patch seems to be a way for Linus to find a maintainer for the > > code, and I already stated I can do it. Patch is so new it was not > > even in -rc released by Linus. > > I can honestly see how it can be missed

Re: [PATCH 4.19 66/78] fbcon: remove soft scrollback code

2020-09-16 Thread Willy Tarreau
Hi Pavel, On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 11:07:23AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > I believe it will need to be reverted in Linus' tree, too. In fact, > the patch seems to be a way for Linus to find a maintainer for the > code, and I already stated I can do it. Patch is so new it was not > even in -rc rele

Re: [PATCH 4.19 66/78] fbcon: remove soft scrollback code

2020-09-16 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > > From: Linus Torvalds > > > > > > commit 50145474f6ef4a9c19205b173da6264a644c7489 upstream. > > > > > > This (and the VGA soft scrollback) turns out to have various nasty small > > > special cases that nobody really is willing to fight. The soft > > > scrollback code was really useful

Re: [PATCH 4.19 66/78] fbcon: remove soft scrollback code

2020-09-16 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 09:57:59AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > From: Linus Torvalds > > > > commit 50145474f6ef4a9c19205b173da6264a644c7489 upstream. > > > > This (and the VGA soft scrollback) turns out to have various nasty small > > special cases that nobody really is willing to fi

Re: [PATCH 4.19 66/78] fbcon: remove soft scrollback code

2020-09-16 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > From: Linus Torvalds > > commit 50145474f6ef4a9c19205b173da6264a644c7489 upstream. > > This (and the VGA soft scrollback) turns out to have various nasty small > special cases that nobody really is willing to fight. The soft > scrollback code was really useful a few decades ago when you

[PATCH 4.19 66/78] fbcon: remove soft scrollback code

2020-09-15 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
From: Linus Torvalds commit 50145474f6ef4a9c19205b173da6264a644c7489 upstream. This (and the VGA soft scrollback) turns out to have various nasty small special cases that nobody really is willing to fight. The soft scrollback code was really useful a few decades ago when you typically used the