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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 17:13:34 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org, Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org> Subject: [PATCH 4.19 67/90] drm/fb-helper: generic: Dont take module ref for fbcon [ Upstream commit 6ab20a05f4c7ed45632e24d5397d6284e192567d ] It's now safe to let fbcon unbind automatically on fbdev unregister. The crash problem was fixed in commit 2122b40580dd ("fbdev: fbcon: Fix unregister crash when more than one framebuffer") Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20190210131039.52664-13-noralf@tronnes.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org> --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c index a0663f44e218..8b546fde139d 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c @@ -2957,7 +2957,8 @@ static int drm_fbdev_fb_open(struct fb_info *info, int user) { struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = info->par; - if (!try_module_get(fb_helper->dev->driver->fops->owner)) + /* No need to take a ref for fbcon because it unbinds on unregister */ + if (user && !try_module_get(fb_helper->dev->driver->fops->owner)) return -ENODEV; return 0; @@ -2967,7 +2968,8 @@ static int drm_fbdev_fb_release(struct fb_info *info, int user) { struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = info->par; - module_put(fb_helper->dev->driver->fops->owner); + if (user) + module_put(fb_helper->dev->driver->fops->owner); return 0; } -- 2.20.1
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