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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xenfb: connect to backend before registering fb

To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xenfb: connect to backend before registering fb
From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:12:42 +0200
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx>, Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> As soon as the framebuffer is registered, our methods may be called by the
> kernel. This leads to a crash as xenfb_refresh() gets called before we have
> the irq.
>
> Connect to the backend before registering our framebuffer with the kernel.
>
> [ Fixes bug http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14059 ]
>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me.

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