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-rw-r--r--drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index 0705d8883ede..4e73b6f6b1c0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -1608,6 +1608,11 @@ static int do_remove_conflicting_framebuffers(struct apertures_struct *a,
return 0;
}
+static bool lockless_register_fb;
+module_param_named_unsafe(lockless_register_fb, lockless_register_fb, bool, 0400);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(lockless_register_fb,
+ "Lockless framebuffer registration for debugging [default=off]");
+
static int do_register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
{
int i, ret;
@@ -1675,15 +1680,18 @@ static int do_register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
registered_fb[i] = fb_info;
event.info = fb_info;
- console_lock();
+ if (!lockless_register_fb)
+ console_lock();
if (!lock_fb_info(fb_info)) {
- console_unlock();
+ if (!lockless_register_fb)
+ console_unlock();
return -ENODEV;
}
fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED, &event);
unlock_fb_info(fb_info);
- console_unlock();
+ if (!lockless_register_fb)
+ console_unlock();
return 0;
}