Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:08:09 -0500 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fbcon: fix locking harder | From | Josh Boyer <> |
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On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay so Alan's patch handled the case where there was no registered fbcon, > however the other path entered in set_con2fb_map pit. > > In there we called fbcon_takeover, but we also took the console lock in a couple > of places. So push the console lock out to the callers of set_con2fb_map, > > this means fbmem and switcheroo needed to take the lock around the fb notifier > entry points that lead to this. > > This should fix the efifb regression seen by Maarten. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
Linus might not be taking this for 3.8 because of lack of testing, but that doesn't mean the problems don't exist in 3.8 (and older). Maybe throw a CC for stable on the patch? That way it works its way back when it does get merged.
josh
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