From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF2713E024B; Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:17:22 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791886643; cv=none; b=dZpeCloMdf66LNgeSgTYuQN9R/pZM3r3i6okJnCZ5Xfd78QYKjnT25XTeHJydynLBOONA2paneHDpNBfygfQLkclg43kTHk3bFTh+rRxHK9Vs/8Q/VvtVHY7KwPaNwgg01Ogwy7oM76wdn6M6+5fclGS4FZjZN60Ff65sBcAB8c= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791886643; c=relaxed/simple; bh=xW1xfCK3CcQJg+iUUaedOewxhTwufQNR2Ay0ZLu/bm8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=l8rKB3gFil7dRwICgTjdBF8t1UXZHxYRKvBd9wOf7KFtS6hIiOtxis/JMcuHh0VeVBsaFpXFRFxJcnJXymTmXXRe2TqCAXd8ce4atS+PVEoI8Cc248AZ28mVjRu4VGEIwRe2DwpU5K55AJCkBpUWsiAhVxpOMsyuBMj+kgFdpP4= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=LE8C4S+t; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="LE8C4S+t" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 49FAE1F0089B; Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:17:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1791886642; bh=+1orckk5TDonj1Pfd94IRivAv/Y3Td0C0ziuGJKZt/Q=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=LE8C4S+tcOcFoWZ00P87fRoO2jA/fP0mMFiLt8h7tmCjSVr5AHzI2KzE4FH56/Sox sKv+1ZRcMa8CsL9BiMasLbUxdbtqNcC5147hc2MgD5UxQBrtxDiiE/yHTV6ndelkol ky/ivnselfKcSL2DfMl3e8KtpuWA0KV2eegoBJqwLAmvRwREanPF83YkreJ6NVTSVs dLQ4qa66tKql+2DObnlw4zDUf2waZk5i1f5nseStxtNfT5iF0mnj/jrtWfDq4ogcXe tdkmUjpsAFDQu1UhiKg7e7i9VH07ffedPwyeSA+uIWlMP/vc52hOQxpENUKasnSqlw j7s5wb6+dtIUQ== Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:17:15 +0100 From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" To: Helge Deller Cc: Javier Martinez Canillas , Thomas Zimmermann , Bruno =?utf-8?Q?Pr=C3=A9mont?= , Jiri Kosina , Benjamin Tissoires , Bernie Thompson , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Steve Glendinning , Florian Tobias Schandinat , linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, Steve Glendinning , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] fbdev: fixup callers which ignore errors from fb_deferred_io_init() Message-ID: References: <20260926-fix-fbdefio-error-handling-v1-0-a94810b6e263@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-input@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 11:07:38PM +0200, Helge Deller wrote: > On 10/12/26 18:48, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2026 at 02:16:58PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote: > > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) > > > --- > > > Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) (6): > > > fbdev: ssd1307fb: check for fb_deferred_io_init() error > > > fbdev: xen-fbfront: check for fb_deferred_io_init() error > > > HID: picoLCD: check for fb_deferred_io_init() error > > > fbdev: udlfb: check for fb_deferred_io_init() error > > > fbdev: smscufx: check for fb_deferred_io_init() error > > > fbdev: sh_mobile_lcdc: check for fb_deferred_io_init() error > > > > Ping on this! > > Thank you for those patches! > I've applied them now to the fbdev/for-next git tree. Great thanks! > > > I know timing is awful given a. the insane volume this cycle and b. LPC, > > but these are fairly mechanical things so should be relatively > > straightforward. > Yes, but still I hesitate to push it for 7.3, as it seems quite unlikely > that a normal installation will run into this memory leak. > So, I think this can wait for 7.4-rc1, right? Sure that's fine! These have been latent for ages so I think we can survive waiting until 7.4 for that :) -- Cheers, Lorenzo