# Re: 3.8-rc2 lockdep complains about console\_lock vs. fb\_notifier\_list.rwsem

- From: Greg Kroah-Hartman \<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org\>
- Date: 2013-01-17 04:15:32 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2013/01/3985427
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2013/01/3978802/t.md

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On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 07:54:16PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:42:46 -0800 Greg Kroah-Hartman [ref] wrote:
> 
> > > FWIW, Andrew took my patch in mm:
> > >   http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fb-rework-locking-to-fix-lock-ordering-on-takeover.patch
> > >   http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fb-yet-another-band-aid-for-fixing-lockdep-mess.patch
> > 
> > 
> > Ok, so, which one should I take for 3.8?  And ideally the fb maintainer
> > should do this, not I, right?
> 
> Please see http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fbdev/msg08954.html
> 
> Tomi might be able to review the above for us.  I think we need both. 
> If nothing else happens I intend to send both Linuswards for 3.8 in a
> week or two.

Ok, that sounds fine with me, thanks for doing that.

greg k-h
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