Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755815AbaJCVmi (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2014 17:42:38 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:44902 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755080AbaJCVc6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2014 17:32:58 -0400 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Hellstrom , Mark Sheldon , Jakob Bornecrantz Subject: [PATCH 3.16 084/357] drm/vmwgfx: Fix a potential infinite spin waiting for fifo idle Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 14:27:50 -0700 Message-Id: <20141003212936.005726057@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.2 In-Reply-To: <20141003212933.458851516@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20141003212933.458851516@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.63-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Thomas Hellstrom commit f01ea0c3d9db536c64d47922716d8b3b8f21d850 upstream. The code waiting for fifo idle was incorrect and could possibly spin forever under certain circumstances. Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom Reported-by: Mark Sheldon Reviewed-by: Jakob Bornecrantz Reivewed-by: Mark Sheldon Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fifo.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fifo.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fifo.c @@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ void vmw_fifo_release(struct vmw_private mutex_lock(&dev_priv->hw_mutex); + vmw_write(dev_priv, SVGA_REG_SYNC, SVGA_SYNC_GENERIC); while (vmw_read(dev_priv, SVGA_REG_BUSY) != 0) - vmw_write(dev_priv, SVGA_REG_SYNC, SVGA_SYNC_GENERIC); + ; dev_priv->last_read_seqno = ioread32(fifo_mem + SVGA_FIFO_FENCE); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/