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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c | 11 |
2 files changed, 22 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 62f0ded70681..b63074fd892e 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; |