linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm: avoid switching to text console if there is no panic timeout

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Date:	Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:27:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...omium.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm: avoid switching to text console if there is no
 panic timeout

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, Mandeep Singh Baines wrote:

> From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...omium.org>
> 
> Add a check for panic_timeout in the drm_fb_helper_panic() notifier: if
> we're going to reboot immediately, the user will not be able to see the
> messages anyway, and messing with the video mode may display artifacts,
> and certainly get into several layers of complexity (including mutexes and
> memory allocations) which we shall be much safer to avoid.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
> [ Edited commit message and modified to short-circuit panic_timeout < 0
>   instead of testing panic_timeout >= 0.  -Mandeep ]
> Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>
> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
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