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authorThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2021-12-16 14:47:38 +0100
committerThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2021-12-16 14:48:27 +0100
commit9758ff2fa240173e9a45613b07774b7a78b7653e (patch)
tree44c1951f9fe4ded7f18d26ca677d006c0e191569 /drivers/video/fbdev
parent0b665d4af35837f0a0ae63135b84a3c187c1db3b (diff)
parent244a36e50da05c33b860d20638ee4628017a5334 (diff)
downloadlinux-9758ff2fa240173e9a45613b07774b7a78b7653e.tar.bz2
Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-next
Backmerging for v5.16-rc5. Resolves a conflict between drm-misc-next and drm-misc-fixes in the vc4 driver. Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/video/fbdev')
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c11
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c11
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c1
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c
index edca3703b964..ea42ba6445b2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c
@@ -351,6 +351,17 @@ static int efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
char *option = NULL;
efi_memory_desc_t md;
+ /*
+ * Generic drivers must not be registered if a framebuffer exists.
+ * If a native driver was probed, the display hardware was already
+ * taken and attempting to use the system framebuffer is dangerous.
+ */
+ if (num_registered_fb > 0) {
+ dev_err(&dev->dev,
+ "efifb: a framebuffer is already registered\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if (screen_info.orig_video_isVGA != VIDEO_TYPE_EFI || pci_dev_disabled)
return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
index ee8b4412f7e4..57541887188b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
@@ -407,6 +407,17 @@ static int simplefb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct simplefb_par *par;
struct resource *mem;
+ /*
+ * Generic drivers must not be registered if a framebuffer exists.
+ * If a native driver was probed, the display hardware was already
+ * taken and attempting to use the system framebuffer is dangerous.
+ */
+ if (num_registered_fb > 0) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+ "simplefb: a framebuffer is already registered\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if (fb_get_options("simplefb", NULL))
return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c
index 5ec51445bee8..6826f986da43 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c
@@ -695,6 +695,7 @@ static struct xenbus_driver xenfb_driver = {
.remove = xenfb_remove,
.resume = xenfb_resume,
.otherend_changed = xenfb_backend_changed,
+ .not_essential = true,
};
static int __init xenfb_init(void)