If the console is unlocked during registration, the console subsystem generates significant amounts of warnings, which obfuscate actual debugging messages. Setting ignore_console_lock_warning while debugging console registration avoid the noise. v3: - manipulate ignore_console_lock_warning with atomic_{inc,dec} v2: - restore ignore_console_lock_warning if lock_fb_info() fails Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c index 9e2f9d3c760e..cb72cd6c5892 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c @@ -1691,17 +1691,22 @@ static int do_register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info) event.info = fb_info; if (!lockless_register_fb) console_lock(); + else + atomic_inc(&ignore_console_lock_warning); if (!lock_fb_info(fb_info)) { - if (!lockless_register_fb) - console_unlock(); - return -ENODEV; + ret = -ENODEV; + goto unlock_console; } + ret = 0; fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED, &event); unlock_fb_info(fb_info); +unlock_console: if (!lockless_register_fb) console_unlock(); - return 0; + else + atomic_dec(&ignore_console_lock_warning); + return ret; } static int do_unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info) -- 2.18.0 _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel