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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: bskeggs@redhat.com, airlied@linux.ie,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: noveau: emergency shutdown handling is overcomplex and broken
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 12:50:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161025105050.GA20923@amd> (raw)

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diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/therm/temp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/therm/temp.c
index b9703c0..adb1deb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/therm/temp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/therm/temp.c
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ nvkm_therm_sensor_event(struct nvkm_therm *therm, enum nvkm_therm_thrs thrs,
 			struct work_struct *work;
 
 			work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
+			/* FIXME:
+			   1) this is total overkill, orderly_poweroff() already
+			   uses schedule_work internally
+			   2) it would  be good to at least printk what is going on
+			*/
 			if (work) {
 				INIT_WORK(work, nv_poweroff_work);
 				schedule_work(work);

GFP_ATOMIC is not reliable. Plus, see the fixme.

Best regards,
									Pavel
									
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             reply	other threads:[~2016-10-25 10:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-25 10:50 Pavel Machek [this message]
2016-10-25 11:09 ` [Nouveau] noveau: emergency shutdown handling is overcomplex and broken Karol Herbst
2016-10-25 11:13   ` Pavel Machek

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