Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Apr 2020 09:20:47 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Linus, please revert 7dc8f11437: regression in 5.7-rc0, hangs while attempting to run X |
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On Fri 2020-04-03 15:00:31, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > 7dc8f1143778a35b190f9413f228b3cf28f67f8d > > drm/i915/gem: Drop relocation slowpath > > Since the relocations are no longer performed under a global > struct_mutex, or any other lock, that is also held by pagefault handlers, > we can relax and allow our fast path to take a fault. As we no longer > need to abort the fast path for lock avoidance, we no longer need the > slow path handling at all. > > causes regression on thinkpad x220: instead of starting X, I'm looking > at blinking cursor. > > Reverting the patch on too of 919dce24701f7b3 fixes things for me.
I have received no feedback from patch authors, and I believe we don't want to break boot in -rc1 on Intel hardware... so the commit should be simply reverted.
Best regards, Pavel
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