Re: [PATCH v2] drm/arcpgu: Accommodate adv7511 switch to DRM bridge

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On 10 November 2016 at 21:06, Alexey Brodkin
<Alexey.Brodkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Daniel, David,
>
> On Wed, 2016-11-02 at 12:23 +0000, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
>> Hi Daniel, David,
>>
>> On Mon, 2016-10-24 at 18:33 +0000, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Daniel,
>> >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: linux-snps-arc [mailto:linux-snps-arc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alexey Brodkin
>> > > Sent: 19 октября 2016 г. 12:33
>> > > To: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; architt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Eugeniy.Paltsev@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > Cc: linux-snps-arc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/arcpgu: Accommodate adv7511 switch to DRM bridge
>> > >
>> > > Hi Archit, all,
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, 2016-10-19 at 14:43 +0530, Archit Taneja wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On 10/19/2016 01:16 PM, Eugeniy Paltsev wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > ARC PGU driver starts crashing on initialization after
>> > > > > 'commit e12c2f645557 ("drm/i2c: adv7511: Convert to drm_bridge")'
>> > > > > This happenes because in "arcpgu_drm_hdmi_init" function we get pointer
>> > > > > of "drm_i2c_encoder_driver" structure, which doesn't exist after
>> > > > > adv7511 hdmi encoder interface changed from slave encoder to drm bridge.
>> > > > > So, when we call "encoder_init" function from this structure driver
>> > > > > crashes.
>> > >
>> > > [snip]
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Looks good now.
>> > > >
>> > > > Reviewed-by: Archit Taneja <architt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > >
>> > > And IMHO it would be really good to get this one back-ported to 4.8
>> > > because it really fixes kernel crash if ARC PGU driver is used.
>> > >
>> > > It might be a bit of a problem because patch itself a little-bit larger
>> > > than formal requirement for stable backports but let's see if it gets accepted.
>> >
>> > Could you please pick this one up?
>> > I may alternatively send a pull-request to David but not sure if 1 patch worth it.
>> >
>> > Also if that's not really too late it would be good to get this one in 4.9 since the patch
>> > In question fixes a real driver crash on its instantiation.
>> > Actually driver crash happens since 4.8 but I failed to notice it earlier and given amount
>> > of changes I think there's barely a chance for it it to be accepted in stable branches...
>> > which in its turn makes at least 4.9 very desirable.
>>
>> Any chance this one gets accepted anytime soon?
>
> Please treat this as another polite reminder to apply this patch.
> If you prefer I may send a pull-request otherwise.

Please send a pull request for -fixes.

For everyone else, pull requests for single patches is not overkill,
it fits into my workflow a lot better.

Dave.
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