From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758328AbaHHUt6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2014 16:49:58 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:40749 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751579AbaHHUtr (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2014 16:49:47 -0400 From: Kamal Mostafa To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Christopher Friedt , Thomas Hellstrom , Kamal Mostafa Subject: [PATCH 3.13 050/259] drm/vmwgfx: Fix incorrect write to read-only register v2: Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 13:37:53 -0700 Message-Id: <1407530482-4483-51-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 In-Reply-To: <1407530482-4483-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> References: <1407530482-4483-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Extended-Stable: 3.13 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.13.11.6 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Thomas Hellstrom commit 4e578080ed3262ed2c3985868539bc66218d25c0 upstream. Commit "drm/vmwgfx: correct fb_fix_screeninfo.line_length", while fixing a vmwgfx fbdev bug, also writes the pitch to a supposedly read-only register: SVGA_REG_BYTES_PER_LINE, while it should be (and also in fact is) written to SVGA_REG_PITCHLOCK. This patch is Cc'd stable because of the unknown effects writing to this register might have, particularly on older device versions. v2: Updated log message. Cc: Christopher Friedt Tested-by: Christopher Friedt Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom Reviewed-by: Jakob Bornecrantz Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa --- drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c index 021b522..1b0f34b 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c @@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ static int vmw_fb_set_par(struct fb_info *info) vmw_write(vmw_priv, SVGA_REG_DISPLAY_POSITION_Y, info->var.yoffset); vmw_write(vmw_priv, SVGA_REG_DISPLAY_WIDTH, info->var.xres); vmw_write(vmw_priv, SVGA_REG_DISPLAY_HEIGHT, info->var.yres); - vmw_write(vmw_priv, SVGA_REG_BYTES_PER_LINE, info->fix.line_length); vmw_write(vmw_priv, SVGA_REG_DISPLAY_ID, SVGA_ID_INVALID); } -- 1.9.1