Hi Sinclair, On 1 July 2016 at 19:24, <syeh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Sinclair Yeh <syeh@xxxxxxxxxx> > > For the Screen Object display unit, we need to reserve a > guest-invisible region equal to the size of the framebuffer for > the host. This region can only be reserved in VRAM, whereas > the guest-visible framebuffer can be reserved in either VRAM or > GMR. > > As such priority should be given to the guest-invisible > region otherwise in a limited VRAM situation, we can fail to > allocate this region. > > This patch makes it so that vmw_sou_backing_alloc() is called > before the framebuffer is pinned. > > Signed-off-by: Sinclair Yeh <syeh@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > This is the last patch of a 3-patch series to fix console black > screen issue on Ubuntu 16.04 server > --- > drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------ > 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c > index 679a4cb..66eaa30 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c > @@ -517,28 +517,6 @@ static int vmw_fb_kms_framebuffer(struct fb_info *info) > > par->set_fb = &vfb->base; > > - if (!par->bo_ptr) { > - /* > - * Pin before mapping. Since we don't know in what placement > - * to pin, call into KMS to do it for us. > - */ > - ret = vfb->pin(vfb); > - if (ret) { > - DRM_ERROR("Could not pin the fbdev framebuffer.\n"); > - return ret; > - } > - > - ret = ttm_bo_kmap(&par->vmw_bo->base, 0, > - par->vmw_bo->base.num_pages, &par->map); > - if (ret) { > - vfb->unpin(vfb); > - DRM_ERROR("Could not map the fbdev framebuffer.\n"); > - return ret; > - } > - > - par->bo_ptr = ttm_kmap_obj_virtual(&par->map, &par->bo_iowrite); > - } > - > return 0; > } > > @@ -601,6 +579,31 @@ static int vmw_fb_set_par(struct fb_info *info) > if (ret) > goto out_unlock; > > + if (!par->bo_ptr) { > + struct vmw_framebuffer *vfb = vmw_framebuffer_to_vfb(set.fb); > + > + /* > + * Pin before mapping. Since we don't know in what placement > + * to pin, call into KMS to do it for us. > + */ > + ret = vfb->pin(vfb); > + if (ret) { > + DRM_ERROR("Could not pin the fbdev framebuffer.\n"); > + return ret; > + } > + > + ret = ttm_bo_kmap(&par->vmw_bo->base, 0, > + par->vmw_bo->base.num_pages, &par->map); > + if (ret) { > + vfb->unpin(vfb); > + DRM_ERROR("Could not map the fbdev framebuffer.\n"); > + return ret; > + } > + > + par->bo_ptr = ttm_kmap_obj_virtual(&par->map, &par->bo_iowrite); > + } > + > + Seems like you forgot to update the error paths. Thankfully we shouldn't be reaching those too often, if at all. -Emil -- 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