FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Retry rotated font allocation after failure" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 7935db1a4a0f83a63590a222500e5016e2f6c85e
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '20261107062716-failed-5.10-7935db1a4a0f@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' 'HEAD^..'

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 7935db1a4a0f83a63590a222500e5016e2f6c85e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yao Yiqi <yaoyiqi3@huawei.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:43:31 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fbcon: Retry rotated font allocation after failure

fbcon_rotate_font() records the font, its geometry and the rotation in
par->rotated before calling font_data_rotate(). If the allocation
fails, the error path clears par->rotated.buf, but the recorded key
already looks up to date, so the next call takes the early-out and
never retries. The rotated putcs/cursor ops keep returning early on
the NULL buffer, and the console stays blank even after memory is
available again.

Also test par->rotated.buf in the early-out, so a failed allocation
is retried on the next call: at the next fbcon_switch(),
fbcon_modechanged() or font change.

Fixes: e4ef723d8975 ("fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yao Yiqi <yaoyiqi3@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.c
index 660a3fa81baed..7afd63dcee7be 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.c
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ int fbcon_rotate_font(struct fb_info *info, struct vc_data *vc)
 	    par->rotate == par->rotated.buf_rotate &&
 	    vc->vc_font.width == par->rotated.buf_width &&
 	    vc->vc_font.height == par->rotated.buf_height &&
-	    vc->vc_font.charcount == par->rotated.buf_charcount)
+	    vc->vc_font.charcount == par->rotated.buf_charcount &&
+	    par->rotated.buf)
 		return 0;
 
 	par->rotated.fontdata = par->p->fontdata;
-- 
2.53.0