RE: [PATCH] video: hyperv: hyperv_fb: refresh the VM screen by force on VM panic

Dexuan Cui
2014-06-24T21:59:59Z

>On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 08:29:17AM +0800, Dexuan Cui wrote:
>> Currently the VSC has no chance to notify the VSP of the dirty rectangle on VM
>> panic because the notification work is done in a workqueue, and in panic() the
>> kernel typically ends up in an infinite loop, and a typical kernel config has
>> CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y and CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set, so a context switch
>> can't happen in panic() and the workqueue won't have a chance to run. As a
>> result, the VM Connection window can't refresh until it's closed and we
>> re-connect to the VM.
>>
>> We can register a handler on panic_notifier_list: the handler can notify
>> the VSC and switch the framebuffer driver to a "synchronous mode", meaning
>> the VSC flushes any future framebuffer change to the VSP immediately.
>>
>> MS-TFS: 157532

> What is this line for?

Hi Greg,
This line is for our internal bug repository.
We have an automated system to correlate bugs with fixes so that our test
team knows when a bug fix has been accepted upstream and they need to
write a new test case for it.

The MS-TFS line has appeared in the commit description for a while if you
search for it in 'git log' of linux-next.

Please let us know if you have further comments.

BTW, it looks the previous patch mail was not sent properly so only part of
the people received it. I'll re-send it. Sorry for the possible confusion.

Thanks,
-- Dexuan