On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 11:26:21PM -0700, Sultan Alsawaf wrote: > From: Sultan Alsawaf <sultan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Hi, > > There's a mutex lock deadlock in i915 that only affects 5.4, but was fixed in > 5.5. Normally, I would send a backport of the fix from 5.5, but the patch set > that fixes the deadlock involves massive changes that are neither feasible nor > desirable for backporting [1][2][3]. Therefore, I've made a small patch that > only addresses the deadlock specifically for 5.4. This paragraph needs to go into the patch itself, otherwise just looking at that doesn't make any sense. And you do not need a cover letter for a single patch. Please fix up and resend. thanks, greg k-h
