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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fb.h | 1 |
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c index 826175ad88a2..45329dbfe617 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ #include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/linux_logo.h> #include <linux/proc_fs.h> +#include <linux/platform_device.h> #include <linux/seq_file.h> #include <linux/console.h> #include <linux/kmod.h> @@ -1557,18 +1558,36 @@ static void do_remove_conflicting_framebuffers(struct apertures_struct *a, /* check all firmware fbs and kick off if the base addr overlaps */ for_each_registered_fb(i) { struct apertures_struct *gen_aper; + struct device *device; if (!(registered_fb[i]->flags & FBINFO_MISC_FIRMWARE)) continue; gen_aper = registered_fb[i]->apertures; + device = registered_fb[i]->device; if (fb_do_apertures_overlap(gen_aper, a) || (primary && gen_aper && gen_aper->count && gen_aper->ranges[0].base == VGA_FB_PHYS)) { printk(KERN_INFO "fb%d: switching to %s from %s\n", i, name, registered_fb[i]->fix.id); - do_unregister_framebuffer(registered_fb[i]); + + /* + * If we kick-out a firmware driver, we also want to remove + * the underlying platform device, such as simple-framebuffer, + * VESA, EFI, etc. A native driver will then be able to + * allocate the memory range. + * + * If it's not a platform device, at least print a warning. A + * fix would add code to remove the device from the system. + */ + if (dev_is_platform(device)) { + registered_fb[i]->forced_out = true; + platform_device_unregister(to_platform_device(device)); + } else { + pr_warn("fb%d: cannot remove device\n", i); + do_unregister_framebuffer(registered_fb[i]); + } } } } @@ -1851,9 +1870,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_framebuffer); void unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info) { - mutex_lock(®istration_lock); + bool forced_out = fb_info->forced_out; + + if (!forced_out) + mutex_lock(®istration_lock); do_unregister_framebuffer(fb_info); - mutex_unlock(®istration_lock); + if (!forced_out) + mutex_unlock(®istration_lock); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_framebuffer); diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h index 6f3db99ab990..ac294fc4c07b 100644 --- a/include/linux/fb.h +++ b/include/linux/fb.h @@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ struct fb_info { } *apertures; bool skip_vt_switch; /* no VT switch on suspend/resume required */ + bool forced_out; /* set when being removed by another driver */ }; static inline struct apertures_struct *alloc_apertures(unsigned int max_num) { |