On Mon, 15 Feb 2016, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote: > Since commit 27a4c827c34ac4256a190cc9d24607f953c1c459 > fbcon: use the cursor blink interval provided by vt > > two attempts have been made at fixing a possible hang caused by > cursor_timer_handler. That function registers a timer to be triggered at > "jiffies + fbcon_ops.cur_blink_jiffies". ... > Instead of patching all possible paths that lead to this case one at a > time, fix the issue at the source and initialise cur_blink_jiffies to > 200ms when allocating fbcon_ops. This was its default value before > aforesaid commit. fbcon_cursor or fbcon_init will refine this value > downstream. > > Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe.brucker@xxxxxxx> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.2 I agree with the approach and the patch works on my x86_64. Tested-by: Scot Doyle <lkml14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html