[PATCH 07/20] fbconsole: skip fb_flush when processing escape sequences
Ahmad Fatoum
a.fatoum at barebox.org
Sun May 3 01:33:09 PDT 2026
When processing escape sequences or multi-byte characters in future,
calling fb_flush for every single character is unnecessary.
Instead, just take note when the framebuffer is actually changed and
do the fb_flush lazily.
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at barebox.org>
---
drivers/video/fbconsole.c | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbconsole.c b/drivers/video/fbconsole.c
index c7314bb8cf0d..6e8b4e66630d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbconsole.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static void fbc_parse_colors(struct fbc_priv *priv)
}
}
-static void fbc_parse_csi(struct fbc_priv *priv)
+static bool fbc_parse_csi(struct fbc_priv *priv)
{
char *end;
unsigned char last;
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static void fbc_parse_csi(struct fbc_priv *priv)
switch (last) {
case 'm':
fbc_parse_colors(priv);
- return;
+ break;
case 'h':
/* suffix for vt100 "[?25h" */
switch (priv->csi_cmd) {
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static void fbc_parse_csi(struct fbc_priv *priv)
priv->flags &= ~HIDE_CURSOR;
/* show cursor now */
toggle_cursor_visibility(priv);
- break;
+ return true;
}
break;
case 'l':
@@ -574,14 +574,13 @@ static void fbc_parse_csi(struct fbc_priv *priv)
/* hide cursor now */
toggle_cursor_visibility(priv);
priv->flags |= HIDE_CURSOR;
-
- break;
+ return true;
}
break;
case 'J':
cls(priv);
toggle_cursor_visibility(priv);
- return;
+ return true;
case 'H':
toggle_cursor_visibility(priv);
@@ -592,7 +591,7 @@ static void fbc_parse_csi(struct fbc_priv *priv)
priv->x = clamp(pos - 1, 0, (int) priv->cols - 1);
toggle_cursor_visibility(priv);
- break;
+ return true;
case 'K':
pos = simple_strtoul(priv->csi, &end, 10);
toggle_cursor_visibility(priv);
@@ -607,9 +606,10 @@ static void fbc_parse_csi(struct fbc_priv *priv)
break;
}
toggle_cursor_visibility(priv);
-
- break;
+ return true;
}
+
+ return false;
}
static void fbc_putc(struct console_device *cdev, char c)
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ static void fbc_putc(struct console_device *cdev, char c)
struct fbc_priv *priv = container_of(cdev,
struct fbc_priv, cdev);
struct fb_info *fb = priv->fb;
+ bool queue_flush = false;
if (priv->in_console)
return;
@@ -644,6 +645,7 @@ static void fbc_putc(struct console_device *cdev, char c)
}
printchar(priv, cp);
+ queue_flush = true;
break;
}
}
@@ -688,7 +690,7 @@ static void fbc_putc(struct console_device *cdev, char c)
case ':':
break;
default:
- fbc_parse_csi(priv);
+ queue_flush = fbc_parse_csi(priv);
priv->state = LIT;
priv->csi_cmd = -1;
}
@@ -696,7 +698,8 @@ static void fbc_putc(struct console_device *cdev, char c)
}
priv->in_console = 0;
- fb_flush(fb);
+ if (queue_flush)
+ fb_flush(fb);
}
static int setup_font(struct fbc_priv *priv)
--
2.47.3
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