Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:22:36 +0800 | From | Gu Zheng <> | Subject | Re: [RESEND PATCH 2/2] staging/olpc_docn: reorder the lock sequence to avoid potential dead lock |
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Hi Dan, On 11/05/2013 07:02 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 06:01:00PM +0800, Gu Zheng wrote: >> The lock sequence of dcon_blank_fb(fb_info->lock ---> console_lock) is against >> with the one of console_callback(console_lock ---> fb_info->lock), it'll >> lead to a potential dead lock, so reorder the lock sequence of dcon_blank_fb >> to avoid the potential dead lock. >> >> Signed-off-by: Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> > > Relax, Greg isn't taking new patches for another three weeks because the > merge window is open.
Got it, I just want to gain some comments about this patch.
> > Also what happened to [PATCH 1/2]?
It fixes the similar issue of fb subsystem. https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3140121/
Regards, Gu
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