linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: sysfb: mark simplefb resources as BUSY

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Message-ID: <20131002162912.25cb7f4a@IRBT4585>
Date:	Wed, 2 Oct 2013 16:29:12 -0400
From:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
To:	David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: sysfb: mark simplefb resources as BUSY

On Wed,  2 Oct 2013 16:41:04 +0200
David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com> wrote:

> Tested-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>

Tested indeed, on ThinkPad W530 with 32-bit and 64-bit kernels with
Intel and NVidia graphics enabled.

> Sorry for the delay, but I was in the US for the last 2 weeks and
> this is really no major issue, just suppresses a warning that says
> "Your kernel is fine".

It shows a stack trace, so it might confuse (and has confused) users
into thinking that it's a more important issue than it is.

> Anyhow, thanks to Tom and Pavel for reporting
> and testing this! This is targeted at 3.12-rc4 as bugfix. I think
> it's still early/mid rc-stage and is a one-line patch so it should be
> fine, right?

I second this.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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