linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.11 073/120] drm/ttm: Warn on pinning without holding a reference

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Message-ID: <YFxOuFsO2I7LlEis@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:50:00 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Huang Rui <ray.huang@....com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.11 073/120] drm/ttm: Warn on pinning without holding a
 reference

On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 09:14:59AM +0100, Christian König wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> sorry just realized this after users started to complain. This patch
> shouldn't been backported to 5.11 in the first place.
> 
> The warning itself is a good idea, but we also have patch for drivers and
> TTM in the pipeline for 5.12 so that the warning isn't triggered any more.
> 
> Without backporting all of that we now get a rain of warnings in 5.11.9.
> 
> My suggestion is to revert this patch from the 5.11 branch.

Thanks, will go do so right now and push out a new 5.11 release with
that in it to keep the noise down for you.

greg k-h