linux/drivers/video/backlight
Andrea Righi 66c1ca0190 fbmem: fix fb_info->lock and mm->mmap_sem circular locking dependency
Fix a circular locking dependency in the frame buffer console driver
pushing down the mutex fb_info->lock.

Circular locking dependecies occur calling the blocking
fb_notifier_call_chain() with fb_info->lock held.  Notifier callbacks can
try to acquire mm->mmap_sem, while fb_mmap() acquires the locks in the
reverse order mm->mmap_sem => fb_info->lock.

Tested-by: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-01 08:59:29 -07:00
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Kconfig backlight: Rename the corgi backlight driver to generic 2009-01-08 20:52:37 +00:00
Makefile drivers/video/backlight: rename da903x to da903x_bl 2009-02-05 12:56:48 -08:00
atmel-pwm-bl.c
backlight.c fbmem: fix fb_info->lock and mm->mmap_sem circular locking dependency 2009-04-01 08:59:29 -07:00
corgi_lcd.c
cr_bllcd.c
da903x_bl.c drivers/video/backlight: rename da903x to da903x_bl 2009-02-05 12:56:48 -08:00
generic_bl.c backlight: Rename the corgi backlight driver to generic 2009-01-08 20:52:37 +00:00
hp680_bl.c
ili9320.c
ili9320.h
kb3886_bl.c
lcd.c fbmem: fix fb_info->lock and mm->mmap_sem circular locking dependency 2009-04-01 08:59:29 -07:00
locomolcd.c
ltv350qv.c
ltv350qv.h
mbp_nvidia_bl.c
omap1_bl.c
platform_lcd.c
progear_bl.c
pwm_bl.c
tdo24m.c
tosa_bl.c
tosa_lcd.c
vgg2432a4.c