ACK: [SRU][Bionic][PATCH 0/1] UBUNTU: SAUCE: drm/nouveau: Fix deadlock in nv50_mstm_register_connector()

[Khaled Elmously]

On 2018-05-11 12:00:52 , Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1763189
> 
> == SRU Justification ==
> A regression was introduced in Bionic.  The bug reporter states that
> the system freezes at boot, apparently when the nouveau driver tries to start. 
> The console is still in 80x25 text mode at this point. No panic or error 
> message is displayed, only unrelated log messages.
> 
> This regression was introduced by commit af2405af07d168e2 in v4.14-rc1
> and fixed by the patch submitted in this SRU request.  The patch
> originated in the following upstream bug report:
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106456
> 
> The patch has been submitted upstream, but has not yet landed in
> linux-next or mainline.  The patch is being send as SAUCE until it lands
> upstream.
> 
> 
> == Fix ==
> UBUNTU: SAUCE: drm/nouveau: Fix deadlock in nv50_mstm_register_connector()
> 
> == Regression Potential ==
> Low.  This is to fix an existing regression and had been sent to
> upstream stable, so it will recieve additional upstream review.
> 
> == Test Case ==
> A test kernel was built with this patch and tested by the original bug reporter.
> The bug reporter states the test kernel resolved the bug.
> 
> Lyude (1):
>   drm/nouveau: Fix deadlock in nv50_mstm_register_connector()
> 
>  drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_display.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
Acked-by: Khalid Elmously <khalid.elmously at canonical.com>