[3.13.y.z extended stable] Patch "drm/vmwgfx: Fix incorrect write to read-only register v2:" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    drm/vmwgfx: Fix incorrect write to read-only register v2:

to the linux-3.13.y-queue branch of the 3.13.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.13.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.13.11.6.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.13.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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From: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom at vmware.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 15:47:04 +0200
Subject: drm/vmwgfx: Fix incorrect write to read-only register v2:

commit 4e578080ed3262ed2c3985868539bc66218d25c0 upstream.

Commit "drm/vmwgfx: correct fb_fix_screeninfo.line_length", while fixing a
vmwgfx fbdev bug, also writes the pitch to a supposedly read-only register:
SVGA_REG_BYTES_PER_LINE, while it should be (and also in fact is) written to
SVGA_REG_PITCHLOCK.

This patch is Cc'd stable because of the unknown effects writing to this
register might have, particularly on older device versions.

v2: Updated log message.

Cc: Christopher Friedt <chrisfriedt at gmail.com>
Tested-by: Christopher Friedt <chrisfriedt at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom at vmware.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakob Bornecrantz <jakob at vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c
index 021b522..1b0f34b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ static int vmw_fb_set_par(struct fb_info *info)
 		vmw_write(vmw_priv, SVGA_REG_DISPLAY_POSITION_Y, info->var.yoffset);
 		vmw_write(vmw_priv, SVGA_REG_DISPLAY_WIDTH, info->var.xres);
 		vmw_write(vmw_priv, SVGA_REG_DISPLAY_HEIGHT, info->var.yres);
-		vmw_write(vmw_priv, SVGA_REG_BYTES_PER_LINE, info->fix.line_length);
 		vmw_write(vmw_priv, SVGA_REG_DISPLAY_ID, SVGA_ID_INVALID);
 	}

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