linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] DRM: i915: Fix gen8 graphics on Broadwell-U. These patches stop the random gpu hang on my XPS-13-9343, kernel version 4.8-rc5.

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Message-ID: <20160915055841.GA14085@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2016 07:58:41 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     bobcao3 <bobcaocheng@....com>
Cc:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@...c.xyz>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] DRM: i915: Fix gen8 graphics on Broadwell-U. These
 patches stop the random gpu hang on my XPS-13-9343, kernel version 4.8-rc5.

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:12:08AM +0800, bobcao3 wrote:
> Signed-off-by: bobcao3 <bobcaocheng@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c     |  6 ++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_stolen.c  | 61 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h         |  6 ++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c | 19 +++++++++-
>  4 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

</formletter>

Also, you need a "real" name in the from and signed-off-by: area, and I
know I never take patches without any changelog text...

thanks,

greg k-h