Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Nov 2013 14:38:49 +0300 | From | Dan Carpenter <> | Subject | Re: [RESEND PATCH 2/2] staging/olpc_docn: reorder the lock sequence to avoid potential dead lock |
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On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 09:22:36AM +0800, Gu Zheng wrote: > 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. >
If no one complains that means it is approved. :)
regards, dan carpenter
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