linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH arm: initial TI-Nspire support]

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Date:	Mon, 8 Apr 2013 21:38:15 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	"Fabian Vogt" <fabian@...ter-vogt.de>
Cc:	"Daniel Tang" <dt.tangr@...il.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux@....linux.org.uk,
	"Lionel Debroux" <lionel_debroux@...oo.fr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Linus Walleij" <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH arm: initial TI-Nspire support]

On Monday 08 April 2013, Fabian Vogt wrote:
> The latest kernel it seems to get stuck at
> console_lock() in register_framebuffer (drivers/video/fbmem.c:1655)
> if the LCD-controller is enabled. (Early printk and serial console works  
> fine)
> CONFIG_NO_HZ is not activated, it works completely.
> Could this be a kernel bug or is this an issue with our timer  
> configuration?

This usually happens when the console driver or anything it uses
calls a function that does a printk(), which means you get a recursive
call into the console code and try to get the same lock again.

	Arnd
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