[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] update server bits on vnc_update

[Anthony Liguori]

Glauber Costa wrote:
> Since the server/guest split in vnc architecture, we
> no longer update the server bits on large updates. Result
> is screen gets garbled, specially on scroll actions.
>
> I must admit I don't fully understand our vnc code, but after
> a careful reading, it seemed to me the proposed patch would fix
> it, and it indeed, works.
>
> Gerd, Anthony, please tell me what you think of this approach.
>   

It seems to look reasonable to me but I'd like Gerd to comment too.

> This fixes the following bugs for me:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503156
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507626
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/397212
>   

Very nice.

> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <address@hidden>
> CC: Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden>
> ---
>  vnc.c |   10 ++++++++--
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/vnc.c b/vnc.c
> index de0ff87..acebdaf 100644
> --- a/vnc.c
> +++ b/vnc.c
> @@ -262,9 +262,8 @@ static inline int vnc_and_bits(const uint32_t *d1, const 
> uint32_t *d2,
>      return 0;
>  }
>
> -static void vnc_update(VncState *vs, int x, int y, int w, int h)
> +static void do_vnc_update(struct VncSurface *s, int x, int y, int w, int h)
>  {
> -    struct VncSurface *s = &vs->guest;
>   

Not worth spinning a new patch, but it's nice to avoid these sort of 
changes in a bug fix.

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Regards,

Anthony Liguori