Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:24:21 -0500 | From | Peter Hurley <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] fbdev changes for 3.13 |
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On 11/13/2013 07:08 AM, Tomi Valkeinen wrote: > Hi Linus, > > The following changes since commit 272b98c6455f00884f0350f775c5342358ebb73f: > > Linux 3.12-rc1 (2013-09-16 16:17:51 -0400) > > are available in the git repository at: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tomba/linux.git tags/fbdev-3.13 > > for you to fetch changes up to 3a41c5dbe8bc396a7fb16ca8739e945bb003342e: > > fb: reorder the lock sequence to fix potential dead lock (2013-11-11 15:52:59 +0200) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > fbdev changes for 3.13 > > Nothing particularly stands out in this pull request. The biggest part of the > changes are cleanups. > > Maybe one fix to mention is the "fb: reorder the lock sequence to fix potential > dead lock" which hopefully fixes the fb locking issues reported by multiple > persons. > ...<snip> > > Gu Zheng (1): > fb: reorder the lock sequence to fix potential dead lock
John,
The above patch should fix the deadlock you found in fbcon_generic_blank(). Please re-test 3.13-rc1 when released [or Tomi's for-next branch now].
Regards, Peter Hurley
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