On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:04:00 +0200 Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > fbdev: fix info->lock deadlock in fbcon_event_notify() > > fb_notifier_call_chain() is called with info->lock held, i.e. in > do_fb_ioctl() => FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO => fb_set_var() and the some > notifier callbacks, like fbcon_event_notify(), try to re-acquire > info->lock again. > > Remove the lock/unlock_fb_info() in all the framebuffer notifier > callbacks' and be sure to always call fb_notifier_call_chain() with > info->lock held. Thanks. So do you think we should proceed with this patch instead of reverting 66c1ca0? _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
