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From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH arm: initial TI-Nspire support]
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 21:38:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201304082138.15875.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.wu8k5pwqu7prd4@fabians-laptop.fritz.box>

On Monday 08 April 2013, Fabian Vogt wrote:
> The latest kernel it seems to get stuck at
> console_lock() in register_framebuffer (drivers/video/fbmem.c:1655)
> if the LCD-controller is enabled. (Early printk and serial console works  
> fine)
> CONFIG_NO_HZ is not activated, it works completely.
> Could this be a kernel bug or is this an issue with our timer  
> configuration?

This usually happens when the console driver or anything it uses
calls a function that does a printk(), which means you get a recursive
call into the console code and try to get the same lock again.

	Arnd

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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "Fabian Vogt" <fabian@ritter-vogt.de>
Cc: "Daniel Tang" <dt.tangr@gmail.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk,
	"Lionel Debroux" <lionel_debroux@yahoo.fr>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Linus Walleij" <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH arm: initial TI-Nspire support]
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 21:38:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201304082138.15875.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.wu8k5pwqu7prd4@fabians-laptop.fritz.box>

On Monday 08 April 2013, Fabian Vogt wrote:
> The latest kernel it seems to get stuck at
> console_lock() in register_framebuffer (drivers/video/fbmem.c:1655)
> if the LCD-controller is enabled. (Early printk and serial console works  
> fine)
> CONFIG_NO_HZ is not activated, it works completely.
> Could this be a kernel bug or is this an issue with our timer  
> configuration?

This usually happens when the console driver or anything it uses
calls a function that does a printk(), which means you get a recursive
call into the console code and try to get the same lock again.

	Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-08 19:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-04  9:01 [RFC PATCH arm: initial TI-Nspire support] Daniel Tang
2013-04-04  9:01 ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-04 11:12 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-04 11:12   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-06  0:26   ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-06  0:26     ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-06 11:51     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-06 11:51       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-06 12:00       ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-06 12:00         ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-06 13:24         ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-06 13:24           ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-07  0:06           ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-07  0:06             ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-07  3:56             ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-07  3:56               ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-07 21:23               ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-07 21:23                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-08 11:33                 ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-08 11:33                   ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-08 19:16                   ` Fabian Vogt
2013-04-08 19:16                     ` Fabian Vogt
2013-04-08 19:38                     ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2013-04-08 19:38                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-08 20:06                       ` Fabian Vogt
2013-04-08 20:06                         ` Fabian Vogt
2013-04-08 21:29                         ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-08 21:29                           ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-09  5:59                     ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-09  5:59                       ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-09 11:23                 ` Linus Walleij
2013-04-09 11:23                   ` Linus Walleij
2013-04-09 12:01                   ` Pawel Moll
2013-04-09 12:01                     ` Pawel Moll
2013-04-09 12:05                     ` Linus Walleij
2013-04-09 12:05                       ` Linus Walleij
2013-04-09 13:51                     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-04-09 13:51                       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-04-07 14:32             ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-07 14:32               ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-09 11:14 ` Linus Walleij
2013-04-09 11:14   ` Linus Walleij
2013-04-09 11:39   ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-09 11:39     ` Daniel Tang
2013-04-09 11:58     ` Linus Walleij
2013-04-09 11:58       ` Linus Walleij

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