Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: pm2fb: avoid stall on fb_sync

Hi Tong,

On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 1:05 AM Tong Zhang [off-list ref] wrote:

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 6:33 PM Randy Dunlap [off-list ref] wrote:

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On 2/20/21 3:02 PM, Tong Zhang wrote:

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pm2fb_sync is called when doing /dev/fb read or write.
The original pm2fb_sync wait indefinitely on hardware flags which can
possibly stall kernel and make everything unresponsive.
Instead of waiting indefinitely, we can timeout to give user a chance to
get back control.

Is this a real problem or theoretical?
Does someone still use this driver?

I currently have this problem on my machine.
I have submitted a revised patch -- which includes the console log.

Your machine is "QEMU Standard"?
Can this happen on real hardware, too, or is this a deficiency in QEMU,
which should be fixed there?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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