Re: [PATCH] drm: avoid switching to text console if there is nopanic timeout

From: David Rientjes
Date: Mon Oct 17 2011 - 20:27:47 EST


On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, Mandeep Singh Baines wrote:

> From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add a check for panic_timeout in the drm_fb_helper_panic() notifier: if
> we're going to reboot immediately, the user will not be able to see the
> messages anyway, and messing with the video mode may display artifacts,
> and certainly get into several layers of complexity (including mutexes and
> memory allocations) which we shall be much safer to avoid.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> [ Edited commit message and modified to short-circuit panic_timeout < 0
> instead of testing panic_timeout >= 0. -Mandeep ]
> Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
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