Re: Patch "Revert "drm/amdgpu: use dirty framebuffer helper"" has been added to the 5.10-stable tree

["gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 03:37:27PM +0000, Deucher, Alexander wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Deucher, Alexander
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 9:08 AM
> > To: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Mahfooz, Hamza <Hamza.Mahfooz@xxxxxxx>; sashal@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; stable-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: Patch "Revert "drm/amdgpu: use dirty framebuffer helper"" has
> > been added to the 5.10-stable tree
> > 
> > [Public]
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 2:53 AM
> > > To: Deucher, Alexander <Alexander.Deucher@xxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Mahfooz, Hamza <Hamza.Mahfooz@xxxxxxx>; sashal@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > > skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; stable-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: Patch "Revert "drm/amdgpu: use dirty framebuffer helper""
> > > has been added to the 5.10-stable tree
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 01:22:11PM +0000, Deucher, Alexander wrote:
> > > > [AMD Official Use Only - General]
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 2:50 AM
> > > > > To: Deucher, Alexander <Alexander.Deucher@xxxxxxx>;
> > > > > gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Mahfooz, Hamza
> > > <Hamza.Mahfooz@xxxxxxx>;
> > > > > sashal@xxxxxxxxxx; skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Cc: stable-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Subject: Patch "Revert "drm/amdgpu: use dirty framebuffer helper""
> > > > > has been added to the 5.10-stable tree
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch
> > > > > titled
> > > > >
> > > > >     Revert "drm/amdgpu: use dirty framebuffer helper"
> > > > >
> > > > > to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww
> > > > >
> > > .kernel.org%2Fgit%2F%3Fp%3Dlinux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Fstable%2Fstable-
> > > > >
> > >
> > queue.git%3Ba%3Dsummary&amp;data=05%7C01%7Calexander.deucher%4
> > > > >
> > >
> > 0amd.com%7C73b8a8ff890347f3324008dab0d5025f%7C3dd8961fe4884e608e
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > > The filename of the patch is:
> > > > >      revert-drm-amdgpu-use-dirty-framebuffer-helper.patch
> > > > > and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable
> > > > > tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This revert has already been queued up in mainline and is a bit
> > > > different
> > > due to a fix that was applied to the original commit:
> > > >
> > >
> > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.
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> > >
> > > That commit does not apply to 5.10, so I'll have to take this one for
> > > now unless you can provide a working backport?
> > 
> > That should be fine.  Thanks!
> 
> Just to clarify, please revert this patch.  Thanks!

What exactly is "this patch".

Looks at that horrid mess above, can you make anything of it?

Please use a sane email client...

confused,

greg k-h