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SubjectRe: tty, vt: lockdep warnings (Patch v3)
On 11/09/2012 02:34 PM, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, Alan Cox wrote:
>> commit f35b3fbf24c4e4debb6a7a864b09854ccc2a22e7
>> Author: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
>> Date: Wed Nov 7 16:35:08 2012 +0000
>>
>> fb: Rework locking to fix lock ordering on takeover
>>
>> Adjust the console layer to allow a take over call where the caller already
>> holds the locks. Make the fb layer lock in order.
>>
>> This s partly a band aid, the fb layer is terminally confused about the
>> locking rules it uses for its notifiers it seems.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
>
> This version works for me too - thanks.
> Hugh

I was planning to test it last night, but new code in mm/ failed horribly and
was BUG()ing all over the place, so I didn't get any significant testing
of this patch done.

Will update...


Thanks,
Sasha



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