[PATCH v2 04/10] sysfb: Replace screen_info with sysfb_primary_display

Thomas Zimmermann
2025-11-24T16:51:54Z

Replace the global screen_info with sysfb_primary_display of type
struct sysfb_display_info. Adapt all users of screen_info.

Instances of screen_info are defined for x86, loongarch and EFI,
with only one instance compiled into a specific build. Replace all
of them with sysfb_primary_display.

All existing users of screen_info are updated by pointing them to
sysfb_primary_display.screen instead. This introduces some churn to
the code, but has no impact on functionality.

Boot parameters and EFI config tables are unchanged. They transfer
screen_info as before. The logic in EFI's alloc_screen_info() changes
slightly, as it now returns the screen field of sysfb_primary_display.

v2:
- update comment
- rename init_screen_info() to init_primary_display()

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h | 2 +-
arch/loongarch/kernel/efi.c | 15 +++++++------
arch/loongarch/kernel/image-vars.h | 2 +-
arch/riscv/kernel/image-vars.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c | 4 +++-
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 10 +++++----
arch/x86/video/video-common.c | 4 ++--
drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c | 8 +++----
drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c | 22 +++++++++----------
drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-entry.c | 18 ++++++++++-----
drivers/firmware/efi/sysfb_efi.c | 4 ++--
drivers/firmware/sysfb.c | 6 ++---
drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 6 ++---
drivers/pci/vgaarb.c | 4 ++--
drivers/video/screen_info_pci.c | 5 +++--
include/linux/screen_info.h | 2 --
include/linux/sysfb.h | 5 +++--
17 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
index 85bc629270bd..d7b0d12b1015 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROVIDE(__efistub__end = _end);
PROVIDE(__efistub___inittext_end = __inittext_end);
PROVIDE(__efistub__edata = _edata);
#if defined(CONFIG_EFI_EARLYCON) || defined(CONFIG_SYSFB)
-PROVIDE(__efistub_screen_info = screen_info);
+PROVIDE(__efistub_sysfb_primary_display = sysfb_primary_display);
#endif
PROVIDE(__efistub__ctype = _ctype);

diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/efi.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/efi.c
index 860a3bc030e0..638a392d2cd2 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/efi.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/kobject.h>
#include <linux/memblock.h>
#include <linux/reboot.h>
-#include <linux/screen_info.h>
+#include <linux/sysfb.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>

#include <asm/early_ioremap.h>
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ bool efi_poweroff_required(void)
unsigned long __initdata screen_info_table = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR;

#if defined(CONFIG_SYSFB) || defined(CONFIG_EFI_EARLYCON)
-struct screen_info screen_info __section(".data");
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(screen_info);
+struct sysfb_display_info sysfb_primary_display __section(".data");
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfb_primary_display);
#endif

-static void __init init_screen_info(void)
+static void __init init_primary_display(void)
{
struct screen_info *si;

@@ -91,11 +91,12 @@ static void __init init_screen_info(void)
pr_err("Could not map screen_info config table\n");
return;
}
- screen_info = *si;
+ sysfb_primary_display.screen = *si;
memset(si, 0, sizeof(*si));
early_memunmap(si, sizeof(*si));

- memblock_reserve(__screen_info_lfb_base(&screen_info), screen_info.lfb_size);
+ memblock_reserve(__screen_info_lfb_base(&sysfb_primary_display.screen),
+ sysfb_primary_display.screen.lfb_size);
}

void __init efi_init(void)
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ void __init efi_init(void)
set_bit(EFI_CONFIG_TABLES, &efi.flags);

if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_EARLYCON) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYSFB))
- init_screen_info();
+ init_primary_display();

if (boot_memmap == EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR)
return;
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/image-vars.h b/arch/loongarch/kernel/image-vars.h
index 41ddcf56d21c..e557ebd46c2b 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/image-vars.h
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/image-vars.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ __efistub_kernel_entry = kernel_entry;
__efistub_kernel_asize = kernel_asize;
__efistub_kernel_fsize = kernel_fsize;
#if defined(CONFIG_EFI_EARLYCON) || defined(CONFIG_SYSFB)
-__efistub_screen_info = screen_info;
+__efistub_sysfb_primary_display = sysfb_primary_display;
#endif

#endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/image-vars.h b/arch/riscv/kernel/image-vars.h
index 3df30dd1c458..3bd9d06a8b8f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/image-vars.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/image-vars.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ __efistub__end = _end;
__efistub__edata = _edata;
__efistub___init_text_end = __init_text_end;
#if defined(CONFIG_EFI_EARLYCON) || defined(CONFIG_SYSFB)
-__efistub_screen_info = screen_info;
+__efistub_sysfb_primary_display = sysfb_primary_display;
#endif

#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
index c3244ac680d1..7508d0ccc740 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <linux/of_fdt.h>
#include <linux/efi.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/sysfb.h>

#include <asm/bootparam.h>
#include <asm/setup.h>
@@ -303,7 +304,8 @@ setup_boot_parameters(struct kimage *image, struct boot_params *params,
params->hdr.hardware_subarch = boot_params.hdr.hardware_subarch;

/* Copying screen_info will do? */
- memcpy(&params->screen_info, &screen_info, sizeof(struct screen_info));
+ memcpy(&params->screen_info, &sysfb_primary_display.screen,
+ sizeof(sysfb_primary_display.screen));

/* Fill in memsize later */
params->screen_info.ext_mem_k = 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 1b2edd07a3e1..675e4b9deb1f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/root_dev.h>
#include <linux/static_call.h>
+#include <linux/sysfb.h>
#include <linux/swiotlb.h>
#include <linux/tboot.h>
#include <linux/usb/xhci-dbgp.h>
@@ -211,8 +212,9 @@ arch_initcall(init_x86_sysctl);
/*
* Setup options
*/
-struct screen_info screen_info;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(screen_info);
+
+struct sysfb_display_info sysfb_primary_display;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfb_primary_display);
#if defined(CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID)
struct edid_info edid_info;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(edid_info);
@@ -526,7 +528,7 @@ static void __init parse_setup_data(void)
static void __init parse_boot_params(void)
{
ROOT_DEV = old_decode_dev(boot_params.hdr.root_dev);
- screen_info = boot_params.screen_info;
+ sysfb_primary_display.screen = boot_params.screen_info;
#if defined(CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID)
edid_info = boot_params.edid_info;
#endif
@@ -1254,7 +1256,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
#ifdef CONFIG_VT
#if defined(CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE)
if (!efi_enabled(EFI_BOOT) || (efi_mem_type(0xa0000) != EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY))
- vgacon_register_screen(&screen_info);
+ vgacon_register_screen(&sysfb_primary_display.screen);
#endif
#endif
x86_init.oem.banner();
diff --git a/arch/x86/video/video-common.c b/arch/x86/video/video-common.c
index e0aeee99bc99..152789f00fcd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/video/video-common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/video/video-common.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
-#include <linux/screen_info.h>
+#include <linux/sysfb.h>
#include <linux/vgaarb.h>

#include <asm/video.h>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pgprot_framebuffer);
bool video_is_primary_device(struct device *dev)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_SCREEN_INFO
- struct screen_info *si = &screen_info;
+ struct screen_info *si = &sysfb_primary_display.screen;
struct resource res[SCREEN_INFO_MAX_RESOURCES];
ssize_t i, numres;
#endif
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c
index 42e3a173dac1..3d060d59968c 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/serial_core.h>
-#include <linux/screen_info.h>
+#include <linux/sysfb.h>
#include <linux/string.h>

#include <asm/early_ioremap.h>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static void *efi_fb;
*/
static int __init efi_earlycon_remap_fb(void)
{
- const struct screen_info *si = &screen_info;
+ const struct screen_info *si = &sysfb_primary_display.screen;

/* bail if there is no bootconsole or it was unregistered already */
if (!earlycon_console || !console_is_registered(earlycon_console))
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static void efi_earlycon_write_char(u32 *dst, unsigned char c, unsigned int h,
static void
efi_earlycon_write(struct console *con, const char *str, unsigned int num)
{
- const struct screen_info *si = &screen_info;
+ const struct screen_info *si = &sysfb_primary_display.screen;
u32 cur_efi_x = efi_x;
unsigned int len;
const char *s;
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ void __init efi_earlycon_reprobe(void)
static int __init efi_earlycon_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
const char *opt)
{
- const struct screen_info *si = &screen_info;
+ const struct screen_info *si = &sysfb_primary_display.screen;
u16 xres, yres;
u32 i;

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c
index a65c2d5b9e7b..d1d418a34407 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/of_address.h>
#include <linux/of_fdt.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
-#include <linux/screen_info.h>
+#include <linux/sysfb.h>

#include <asm/efi.h>

@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@ static phys_addr_t __init efi_to_phys(unsigned long addr)
extern __weak const efi_config_table_type_t efi_arch_tables[];

/*
- * x86 defines its own screen_info and uses it even without EFI,
- * everything else can get it from here.
+ * x86 defines its own instance of sysfb_primary_display and uses
+ * it even without EFI, everything else can get them from here.
*/
#if !defined(CONFIG_X86) && (defined(CONFIG_SYSFB) || defined(CONFIG_EFI_EARLYCON))
-struct screen_info screen_info __section(".data");
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(screen_info);
+struct sysfb_display_info sysfb_primary_display __section(".data");
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfb_primary_display);
#endif

-static void __init init_screen_info(void)
+static void __init init_primary_display(void)
{
struct screen_info *si;

@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ static void __init init_screen_info(void)
pr_err("Could not map screen_info config table\n");
return;
}
- screen_info = *si;
+ sysfb_primary_display.screen = *si;
memset(si, 0, sizeof(*si));
early_memunmap(si, sizeof(*si));

- if (memblock_is_map_memory(screen_info.lfb_base))
- memblock_mark_nomap(screen_info.lfb_base,
- screen_info.lfb_size);
+ if (memblock_is_map_memory(sysfb_primary_display.screen.lfb_base))
+ memblock_mark_nomap(sysfb_primary_display.screen.lfb_base,
+ sysfb_primary_display.screen.lfb_size);

if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_EARLYCON))
efi_earlycon_reprobe();
@@ -274,5 +274,5 @@ void __init efi_init(void)
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86) ||
IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYSFB) ||
IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_EARLYCON))
- init_screen_info();
+ init_primary_display();
}
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-entry.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-entry.c
index a6c049835190..401ecbbdf331 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-entry.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-entry.c
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

#include <linux/efi.h>
-#include <linux/screen_info.h>
+#include <linux/sysfb.h>

#include <asm/efi.h>

#include "efistub.h"

-static unsigned long screen_info_offset;
+static unsigned long kernel_image_offset;
+
+static void *kernel_image_addr(void *addr)
+{
+ return addr + kernel_image_offset;
+}

struct screen_info *alloc_screen_info(void)
{
@@ -16,8 +21,11 @@ struct screen_info *alloc_screen_info(void)

if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86) ||
IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_EARLYCON) ||
- IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYSFB))
- return (void *)&screen_info + screen_info_offset;
+ IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYSFB)) {
+ struct sysfb_display_info *dpy = kernel_image_addr(&sysfb_primary_display);
+
+ return &dpy->screen;
+ }

return NULL;
}
@@ -73,7 +81,7 @@ efi_status_t __efiapi efi_pe_entry(efi_handle_t handle,
return status;
}

- screen_info_offset = image_addr - (unsigned long)image->image_base;
+ kernel_image_offset = image_addr - (unsigned long)image->image_base;

status = efi_stub_common(handle, image, image_addr, cmdline_ptr);

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/sysfb_efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/sysfb_efi.c
index 8e0f9d08397f..46ad95084b50 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/sysfb_efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/sysfb_efi.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int __init efifb_set_system(struct screen_info *si, const struct dmi_syst

static int __init efifb_set_system_callback(const struct dmi_system_id *id)
{
- return efifb_set_system(&screen_info, id);
+ return efifb_set_system(&sysfb_primary_display.screen, id);
}

#define EFIFB_DMI_SYSTEM_ID(vendor, name, enumid) \
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static struct device_node *find_pci_overlap_node(void)
}

for_each_of_pci_range(&parser, &range)
- if (efifb_overlaps_pci_range(&screen_info, &range))
+ if (efifb_overlaps_pci_range(&sysfb_primary_display.screen, &range))
return np;
}
return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/sysfb.c b/drivers/firmware/sysfb.c
index 916b28538a29..1f671f9219b0 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/sysfb.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/sysfb.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static bool sysfb_unregister(void)
*/
void sysfb_disable(struct device *dev)
{
- struct screen_info *si = &screen_info;
+ struct screen_info *si = &sysfb_primary_display.screen;
struct device *parent;

mutex_lock(&disable_lock);
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfb_disable);
*/
bool sysfb_handles_screen_info(void)
{
- const struct screen_info *si = &screen_info;
+ const struct screen_info *si = &sysfb_primary_display.screen;

return !!screen_info_video_type(si);
}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static struct device *sysfb_parent_dev(const struct screen_info *si)

static __init int sysfb_init(void)
{
- struct screen_info *si = &screen_info;
+ struct screen_info *si = &sysfb_primary_display.screen;
struct device *parent;
unsigned int type;
struct simplefb_platform_data mode;
diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index a53af6fe81a6..9c937190be81 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/panic_notifier.h>
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
-#include <linux/screen_info.h>
+#include <linux/sysfb.h>
#include <linux/efi.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -2340,8 +2340,8 @@ static void __maybe_unused vmbus_reserve_fb(void)
if (efi_enabled(EFI_BOOT)) {
/* Gen2 VM: get FB base from EFI framebuffer */
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYSFB)) {
- start = screen_info.lfb_base;
- size = max_t(__u32, screen_info.lfb_size, 0x800000);
+ start = sysfb_primary_display.screen.lfb_base;
+ size = max_t(__u32, sysfb_primary_display.screen.lfb_size, 0x800000);
}
} else {
/* Gen1 VM: get FB base from PCI */
diff --git a/drivers/pci/vgaarb.c b/drivers/pci/vgaarb.c
index 436fa7f4c387..805be9ea4a34 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/vgaarb.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/vgaarb.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
#include <linux/poll.h>
#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/screen_info.h>
+#include <linux/sysfb.h>
#include <linux/vt.h>
#include <linux/console.h>
#include <linux/acpi.h>
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vga_put);
static bool vga_is_firmware_default(struct pci_dev *pdev)
{
#if defined CONFIG_X86
- return pdev == screen_info_pci_dev(&screen_info);
+ return pdev == screen_info_pci_dev(&sysfb_primary_display.screen);
#else
return false;
#endif
diff --git a/drivers/video/screen_info_pci.c b/drivers/video/screen_info_pci.c
index 66bfc1d0a6dc..8f34d8a74f09 100644
--- a/drivers/video/screen_info_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/video/screen_info_pci.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#include <linux/printk.h>
#include <linux/screen_info.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/sysfb.h>

static struct pci_dev *screen_info_lfb_pdev;
static size_t screen_info_lfb_bar;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ static bool __screen_info_relocation_is_valid(const struct screen_info *si, stru

void screen_info_apply_fixups(void)
{
- struct screen_info *si = &screen_info;
+ struct screen_info *si = &sysfb_primary_display.screen;

if (screen_info_lfb_pdev) {
struct resource *pr = &screen_info_lfb_pdev->resource[screen_info_lfb_bar];
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ static void screen_info_fixup_lfb(struct pci_dev *pdev)
.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM,
};
const struct resource *pr;
- const struct screen_info *si = &screen_info;
+ const struct screen_info *si = &sysfb_primary_display.screen;

if (screen_info_lfb_pdev)
return; // already found
diff --git a/include/linux/screen_info.h b/include/linux/screen_info.h
index 1690706206e8..c022403c599a 100644
--- a/include/linux/screen_info.h
+++ b/include/linux/screen_info.h
@@ -151,6 +151,4 @@ static inline struct pci_dev *screen_info_pci_dev(const struct screen_info *si)
}
#endif

-extern struct screen_info screen_info;
-
#endif /* _SCREEN_INFO_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfb.h b/include/linux/sysfb.h
index 8b37247528bf..e8bde392c690 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfb.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfb.h
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
*/

#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/platform_data/simplefb.h>
#include <linux/screen_info.h>
#include <linux/types.h>

-#include <linux/platform_data/simplefb.h>
-
struct device;
struct platform_device;
struct screen_info;
@@ -65,6 +64,8 @@ struct sysfb_display_info {
struct screen_info screen;
};

+extern struct sysfb_display_info sysfb_primary_display;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFB

void sysfb_disable(struct device *dev);
--
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