On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 11:40:47 -0800
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:11 AM, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The fb layer locking was broken. I posted patches early December which
> > should have fixed the ones we know about. ('fb: Rework locking to fix
> > lock ordering on takeover').
>
> That patch causes compile errors with "allmodconfig":
>
> ERROR: "do_take_over_console" [drivers/video/console/fbcon.ko] undefined!
> make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
> make: *** [modules] Error 2
> make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>
> Hmm?
I have a couple of fixes against
fb-rework-locking-to-fix-lock-ordering-on-takeover.patch:
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fb-rework-locking-to-fix-lock-ordering-on-takeover-fix.patch
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fb-rework-locking-to-fix-lock-ordering-on-takeover-fix-2.patch
Florian has been busy for a month or two - I've been waiting for him to
reappear to consider this patch.
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