We need to clear the local variable to get the refcounting right (since the reference drm_mode_setplane holds is transferred to the plane->fb pointer). But should be done _after_ we update the pointer. Breakage introduced in commit 6c2a75325c800de286166c693e0cd33c3a1c5ec8 Author: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch> Date: Tue Dec 11 00:59:24 2012 +0100 drm: refcounting for sprite framebuffers Reported-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes at virtuousgeek.org> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes at virtuousgeek.org> Cc: Rob Clark <rob at ti.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch> --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c index 826a5ca..1960418 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c @@ -1982,9 +1982,9 @@ int drm_mode_setplane(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, plane_req->src_w, plane_req->src_h); if (!ret) { old_fb = plane->fb; - fb = NULL; plane->crtc = crtc; plane->fb = fb; + fb = NULL; } drm_modeset_unlock_all(dev); -- 1.7.10.4