linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [BISECTED] x11 fbdev on intelfb hangs hard after 66c1ca019078220dc1bf968f2bb18421100ef147

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:59:50 +0200
From:	Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@...il.com>
To:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Cc:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org, schwab@...ux-m68k.org, krzysztof.h1@...zta.fm
Subject: Re: [stable] [BISECTED] x11 fbdev on intelfb hangs hard after
	66c1ca019078220dc1bf968f2bb18421100ef147

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 06:34:24PM +0000, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Andrea Righi (righi.andrea@...il.com) wrote:
> > Thanks for reporting Pavel. I agree to revert 66c1ca ASAP.
> 
> Rather than dropping from -stable queue, looks like we should be adding:
> 513adb58685615b0b1d47a3f0d40f5352beff189 "fbdev: fix info->lock deadlock
> in fbcon_event_notify()"? 
> 
> thanks,
> -chris

Correct.

Both Andreas and Krzysztof (in cc) tested this and reported that it
fixes the issue (see also http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/17753/).

Thanks,
-Andrea
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