Re: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "drm/fb-helper: Reduce READ_ONCE(master) to lockless_dereference"

Johannes Berg
2016-08-12T06:05:03Z

> Initial testing says that the change below must precede the change
> to the definition of lockless_dereference(), so the two should go
> together.

Indeed.

> If my upcoming testing of the two changes together pans out, I will
> give you a Tested-by -- I am guessing that you don't want to wait
> until the next merge window for these changes.

I don't mind hugely since I have a fix now, but this one actually
causes >1K warnings (including some "too many warnings!") for my build
(net/wireless and net/mac80211 only!) and drowns out the real ones...
I'm sure other parts of the tree are similarly affected.

johannes