linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] fb-defio: Inhibit VM_IO flag to be set on vmalloc-ed framebuffers.

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Date:	Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:52:02 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Jaya Kumar <jayakumar.lkml@...il.com>
CC:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>, damm@...nsource.se,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, armbru@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] fb-defio: Inhibit VM_IO flag to be set on vmalloc-ed
 	framebuffers.

On 12/03/09 16:35, Jaya Kumar wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>  wrote:
>    
>> The framebuffers (screenbase) these drivers present are actually
>> vmalloc-ed pages. There is no need for them to have the VM_IO flag set.
>> ---
>>   drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c |    2 +-
>>   drivers/video/hecubafb.c     |    2 +-
>>   drivers/video/metronomefb.c  |    2 +-
>>   3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c b/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c
>> index 509cb92..df9ccb9 100644
>> --- a/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c
>> @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static int __devinit broadsheetfb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
>>         par->read_reg = broadsheet_read_reg;
>>         init_waitqueue_head(&par->waitq);
>>
>> -       info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT;
>> +       info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT | FBINFO_VIRTFB;
>>
>>         info->fbdefio =&broadsheetfb_defio;
>>         fb_deferred_io_init(info);
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/hecubafb.c b/drivers/video/hecubafb.c
>> index 0b4bffb..f9d77ad 100644
>> --- a/drivers/video/hecubafb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/video/hecubafb.c
>> @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static int __devinit hecubafb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
>>         par->send_command = apollo_send_command;
>>         par->send_data = apollo_send_data;
>>
>> -       info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT;
>> +       info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT | FBINFO_VIRTFB;
>>
>>         info->fbdefio =&hecubafb_defio;
>>         fb_deferred_io_init(info);
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/metronomefb.c b/drivers/video/metronomefb.c
>> index df1f757..661bfd2 100644
>> --- a/drivers/video/metronomefb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/video/metronomefb.c
>> @@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ static int __devinit metronomefb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
>>         if (retval<  0)
>>                 goto err_free_irq;
>>
>> -       info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT;
>> +       info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT | FBINFO_VIRTFB;
>>
>>         info->fbdefio =&metronomefb_defio;
>>         fb_deferred_io_init(info);
>> --
>> 1.6.2.5
>>
>>
>>      
>
> Looks good to me. Thanks.
>
> Acked-by: Jaya Kumar<jayakumar.lkml@...il.com>
>    

Thanks.  Are you OK with me sending to Linus, or do you have a tree 
you'd prefer it to go by?

     J

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