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Date:   Tue, 7 Apr 2020 09:20:47 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Linus, please revert 7dc8f11437: regression in 5.7-rc0, hangs while
 attempting to run X
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On Fri 2020-04-03 15:00:31, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>=20
> 7dc8f1143778a35b190f9413f228b3cf28f67f8d
>=20
>     drm/i915/gem: Drop relocation slowpath
>    =20
>     Since the relocations are no longer performed under a global
>     struct_mutex, or any other lock, that is also held by pagefault handl=
ers,
>     we can relax and allow our fast path to take a fault. As we no longer
>     need to abort the fast path for lock avoidance, we no longer need the
>     slow path handling at all.
>=20
> causes regression on thinkpad x220: instead of starting X, I'm looking
> at blinking cursor.
>=20
> Reverting the patch on too of 919dce24701f7b3 fixes things for me.

I have received no feedback from patch authors, and I believe we don't
want to break boot in -rc1 on Intel hardware... so the commit should
be simply reverted.

Best regards,
								Pavel

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