linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH V3] drm_crtc: check if fb

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:55:21 +0000
From:	"Su, Xuemin" <xuemin.su@...el.com>
To:	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	"airlied@...ux.ie" <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	"dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com" <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>,
	"He, Bo" <bo.he@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V3] drm_crtc: check if fb_create return NULL



-----Original Message-----
From: Jani Nikula [mailto:jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 5:05 PM
To: Su, Xuemin
Cc: airlied@...ux.ie; dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com; He, Bo
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] drm_crtc: check if fb_create return NULL

>Ah, sorry, never mind, I missed Daniel's comment. The benefit of the
>BUG_ON() is making it clear what's expected of the drivers.

>Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>

Do you think this patch is still needed?
Currently I fix a buggy function radeon_user_framebuffer_create() which returns NULL and patch is added to 3.7-stable tree.
Do you think it's also needed to do something in drm_mode_addfb()?
Thanks.
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