From: Robin van der Gracht <robin@protonic.nl>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [BUGFIX] video/mxsfb: fix crash when unblanking the display
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:29:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50068216.9020605@protonic.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20209.35406.958883.977664@ipc1.ka-ro>
Hi Lothar,
> Hi,
>
> Lothar Waßmann writes:
>> The VDCTRL4 register does not provide the MXS SET/CLR/TOGGLE feature.
>> The write in mxsfb_disable_controller() sets the data_cnt for the LCD
>> DMA to 0 which obviously means the max. count for the LCD DMA and
>> leads to overwriting arbitrary memory when the display is unblanked.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lothar Waßmann<LW@KARO-electronics.de>
>> ---
>> drivers/video/mxsfb.c | 3 ++-
>> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/mxsfb.c b/drivers/video/mxsfb.c
>> index d837d63..03cb95a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/video/mxsfb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/video/mxsfb.c
>> @@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ static void mxsfb_disable_controller(struct fb_info *fb_info)
>> loop--;
>> }
>>
>> - writel(VDCTRL4_SYNC_SIGNALS_ON, host->base + LCDC_VDCTRL4 + REG_CLR);
>> + reg = readl(host->base + LCDC_VDCTRL4);
>> + writel(reg& ~VDCTRL4_SYNC_SIGNALS_ON, host->base + LCDC_VDCTRL4);
>>
>> clk_disable(host->clk);
>>
>> --
>> 1.5.6.5
>>
> Ping. Any comments on this?
>
>
> Lothar Waßmann
I've encountered this problem to, and i can confirm your patch fixed it.
The VDCTRL4 register has no CLR feature.
Regards,
--
Robin van der Gracht
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-06 12:27 [BUGFIX] video/mxsfb: fix crash when unblanking the display Lothar Waßmann
2011-12-21 7:27 ` Lothar Waßmann
2012-07-18 9:29 ` Robin van der Gracht [this message]
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