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

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Message-ID: <0b19b066-c05f-3788-a150-0e387f9dc64a@amd.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:51:19 +0100
From:   Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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

Am 25.03.21 um 09:50 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> 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.

Thanks a lot for that! I got a bit swamped this morning because of mails 
and bug reports.

Christian.

>
> greg k-h