Re: [PATCH 0/3] video: Remove in_interrupt() usage.

Daniel Vetter
2021-02-16T09:10:55Z

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 09:43:02AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 09:35:00AM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > On 2021-02-08 23:38:07 [+0100], To linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org wrote:
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > in the discussion about preempt count consistency across kernel
> > > configurations:
> > >
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200914204209.256266093@linutronix.de/
> > >
> > > it was concluded that the usage of in_interrupt() and related context
> > > checks should be removed from non-core code.
> > >
> > > In the long run, usage of 'preemptible, in_*irq etc.' should be banned from
> > > driver code completely.
> > >
> > > This series targets the video subsystem. The omap patches are a repost
> > > of [0], the amba-clcd is new after I received no feedback on my analysis
> > > [1].
> > >
> > > [0] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210127172902.145335-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de
> > > [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210127174408.ududpwfrbg3dhyxj@linutronix.de
> >
> > Could someone please apply the series? Video seems unmaintained.
>
> It's the merge window, no one can apply the series...
>
> Please resend once 5.12-rc1 is out.

drm trees are always open, to avoid the merge window blackout lol :-)

Reason I didn't merge anything is that I'm intentionally letting fbdev
hang in there, in the hopes someone picks up review&patch apply duties. It
already worked a few times but then people move on again ...

Anyway patches queued up in drm-misc-next for 5.13.
-Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation