Re: [RESEND PATCH 2/2] staging/olpc_docn: reorder the lock sequence to avoid potential dead lock

Dan Carpenter
2013-11-05T11:03:08Z

On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 06:01:00PM +0800, Gu Zheng wrote:
> The lock sequence of dcon_blank_fb(fb_info->lock ---> console_lock) is against
> with the one of console_callback(console_lock ---> fb_info->lock), it'll
> lead to a potential dead lock, so reorder the lock sequence of dcon_blank_fb
> to avoid the potential dead lock.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>

Relax, Greg isn't taking new patches for another three weeks because the
merge window is open.

Also what happened to [PATCH 1/2]?

regards,
dan carpenter