Re: [Patch 2/2 resend] Prevent vga16fb from accessing hw after it was unregistered
From: Paul Mundt <hidden>
Date: 2011-06-06 03:07:04
From: Paul Mundt <hidden>
Date: 2011-06-06 03:07:04
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:32:21PM +0200, Bruno Pr??mont wrote:
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c index 5aac00e..bd9f93b 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c@@ -1661,6 +1661,11 @@ static int do_unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info) device_destroy(fb_class, MKDEV(FB_MAJOR, i)); event.info = fb_info; fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_UNREGISTERED, &event); + if (fb_info->fbops->fb_unregistered) { + mutex_lock(&fb_info->lock); + fb_info->fbops->fb_unregistered(fb_info); + mutex_unlock(&fb_info->lock); + } /* this may free fb info */ put_fb_info(fb_info);
I'm not sure I really see the point, given that you can already do all of the same work by tying in to the notifier chain. See for example the sh_mobile_hdmi driver and its unreg notifier.