Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754617AbaKAXGP (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2014 19:06:15 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:60017 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751036AbaKAWj0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2014 18:39:26 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Thomas Hellstrom" , "Jakob Bornecrantz" , "Mark Sheldon" Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 22:28:03 +0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [PATCH 3.2 018/102] drm/vmwgfx: Fix a potential infinite spin waiting for fifo idle In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.4.249 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.2.64-rc1 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: Ben Hutchings --- 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 @@ -163,8 +163,9 @@ 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/