Re: 3.8-rc2: EFI framebuffer lock inversion...

On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 20:56:30 +0800
Daniel J Blueman [off-list ref] wrote:

On 3.8-rc2 with lockdep enabled and dual-GPU setup (Macbook Pro
Retina), I see two releated lock inversion issues with the EFI
framebuffer, leading to possible deadlock: when X takes over from the
EFI framebuffer [1] and when nouveau releases the framebuffer when
being vgaswitcherood [2].

Let me know if you'd like any testing or analysis when I can get the time.

The fb layer locking was broken. I posted patches early December which
should have fixed the ones we know about. ('fb: Rework locking to fix
lock ordering on takeover').

Alan