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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/vt/vt.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 556af82a9231..efb761454166 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -3007,6 +3007,19 @@ static int vc_get_glyph(struct vc_data *vc, int tc)
return tc;
}
+ /*
+ * The Unicode screen memory is allocated only when required.
+ * This is one such case: we're about to "cheat" with the displayed
+ * character meaning the simple screen buffer won't hold the original
+ * information, whereas the Unicode screen buffer always does.
+ */
+ vc_uniscr_check(vc);
+
+ /* Try getting a simpler fallback character. */
+ tc = ucs_get_fallback(tc);
+ if (tc)
+ return vc_get_glyph(vc, tc);
+
/* Display U+FFFD (Unicode Replacement Character). */
return conv_uni_to_pc(vc, UCS_REPLACEMENT);
}