linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xenfb: connect to backend before registering fb

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Message-ID: <4A8F2392.8000101@goop.org>
Date:	Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:45:38 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
CC:	Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xenfb: connect to backend before registering fb

On 08/21/09 06:44, Michal Schmidt wrote:
> As soon as the framebuffer is registered, our methods may be called by the
> kernel. This leads to a crash as xenfb_refresh() gets called before we have
> the irq.
>
> Connect to the backend before registering our framebuffer with the kernel.
>   

Thanks, applied.  Should this be backported to stable?

    J
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