Re: [PATCH] fb: Rework locking to fix lock ordering on takeover

[Alan Cox]

> So to add such an "I am crap" flag my idea would be to add an 
> .fb_handle_damage to struct fb_ops and then call that (if exists) 
> whenever something was changed.

I was thinking much higher level - ie at the printk kind of level

> My patch (for udlfb) follows as an reply to this message. If that patch 
> is ok, it should be applied to smscufx too (I would make it). In regard 
> to udl I don't know, I haven't had a deeper look at it nor used it up to 
> now.

Looks pretty clean as a solution to me.
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