linux-kernel - Re: 3.8-rc2 lockdep complains about console_lock vs. fb_notifier

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Message-ID: <20130117041633.GA21551@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:16:33 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, sedat.dilek@...il.com,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: 3.8-rc2 lockdep complains about console_lock vs.
 fb_notifier_list.rwsem

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 07:54:16PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:42:46 -0800 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > > FWIW, Andrew took my patch in mm:
> > >   http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fb-rework-locking-to-fix-lock-ordering-on-takeover.patch
> > >   http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fb-yet-another-band-aid-for-fixing-lockdep-mess.patch
> > 
> > 
> > Ok, so, which one should I take for 3.8?  And ideally the fb maintainer
> > should do this, not I, right?
> 
> Please see http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fbdev/msg08954.html
> 
> Tomi might be able to review the above for us.  I think we need both. 
> If nothing else happens I intend to send both Linuswards for 3.8 in a
> week or two.

Ok, that sounds fine with me, thanks for doing that.

greg k-h
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