linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] vmwgfx: Fix assignment in vmw_framebuffer_create

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Message-ID: <1884829440.180014.1327676493018.JavaMail.root@zimbra-prod-mbox-2.vmware.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:01:33 -0800 (PST)
From:	Jakob Bornecrantz <jakob@...are.com>
To:	Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@...are.com>
Cc:	airlied@...ux.ie, airlied@...hat.com,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Ryan Mallon <rmallon@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] vmwgfx: Fix assignment in
 vmw_framebuffer_create_handle

----- Original Message -----
> On 01/27/2012 03:41 PM, Jakob Bornecrantz wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> On 01/27/2012 03:24 PM, Jakob Bornecrantz wrote:
> >>> I was asking around and this seems to only be used by X when it
> >>> starts and we want to preserve the contents of the screen. That
> >>> feature is implemented by the X driver. So we need to figure how
> >>> we
> >>> want to solve it.
> >>>
> >>> Either way this fix should probably go into this RC series, not
> >>> sure if we need to send this to stable, since we are not leaking
> >>> data to userspace (check drm_mode_getfb), but we might as well.
> >>>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Jakob Bornecrantz<jakob@...are.com>
> >> But shouldn't we return the *real* handle. Not 0??
> >
> > Yeah, you are right. Not sure we have user_handle in the stable
> > kernels tho.
>
> We do AFAICT.
> 
> >
> > We need to change not only the X driver but also all the other
> > userspace components since at least libkms doesn't create shared
> > buffers.
>
> Libkms is not used anymore, at least not in the X server driver.

I was more referring to Plymouth and the like.

> >   And if the thing that is running before X is using fbdev
> > this wont do much good either since fbdev is not backed by a
> > fb in the way other drivers do it.
>
> OK. Then I suggest we just return 0 here, and go ahead with the
> current patch, and when we've figured out how to do the handover,
> we bump kernel minor and return a proper handle. Does that sound
> OK?

Sounds good to me.

Cheers, Jakob.
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