If we cannot acquire the mode_config.lock immediately, just back off and queue a new attempt after the poll interval. This is mostly to stop the hung task spam when the system is deadlocked, but it will also lessen the load (in such extreme cases). Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c index ff9ba6f35248..0bf629354297 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c @@ -394,7 +394,11 @@ static void output_poll_execute(struct work_struct *work) if (!drm_kms_helper_poll) goto out; - mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex); + if (!mutex_trylock(&dev->mode_config.mutex)) { + repoll = true; + goto out; + } + drm_for_each_connector(connector, dev) { /* Ignore forced connectors. */ -- 2.11.0 _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel