Hi Daniel, David, On Mon, 2016-10-24 at 18:33 +0000, Alexey Brodkin wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-snps-arc [mailto:linux-snps-arc-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On > > Behalf Of Alexey Brodkin > > Sent: 19 октября 2016 г. 12:33 > > To: dri-de...@lists.freedesktop.org; arch...@codeaurora.org; > > eugeniy.palt...@synopsys.com > > Cc: linux-snps-...@lists.infradead.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/arcpgu: Accommodate adv7511 switch to DRM bridge > > > > Hi Archit, all, > > > > On Wed, 2016-10-19 at 14:43 +0530, Archit Taneja wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 10/19/2016 01:16 PM, Eugeniy Paltsev wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > ARC PGU driver starts crashing on initialization after > > > > 'commit e12c2f645557 ("drm/i2c: adv7511: Convert to drm_bridge")' > > > > This happenes because in "arcpgu_drm_hdmi_init" function we get pointer > > > > of "drm_i2c_encoder_driver" structure, which doesn't exist after > > > > adv7511 hdmi encoder interface changed from slave encoder to drm bridge. > > > > So, when we call "encoder_init" function from this structure driver > > > > crashes. > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > Looks good now. > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Archit Taneja <arch...@codeaurora.org> > > > > And IMHO it would be really good to get this one back-ported to 4.8 > > because it really fixes kernel crash if ARC PGU driver is used. > > > > It might be a bit of a problem because patch itself a little-bit larger > > than formal requirement for stable backports but let's see if it gets > > accepted. > > Could you please pick this one up? > I may alternatively send a pull-request to David but not sure if 1 patch > worth it. > > Also if that's not really too late it would be good to get this one in 4.9 > since the patch > In question fixes a real driver crash on its instantiation. > Actually driver crash happens since 4.8 but I failed to notice it earlier and > given amount > of changes I think there's barely a chance for it it to be accepted in stable > branches... > which in its turn makes at least 4.9 very desirable.
Any chance this one gets accepted anytime soon? Regards, Alexey
