[PATCH v2] drm/vblank: Fix for drivers that do not drm_vblank_init()

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Tue Apr 4 13:37:22 UTC 2023


On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 6:07 PM Rob Clark <robdclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Rob Clark <robdclark at chromium.org>
>
> This should fix a crash that was reported on ast (and possibly other
> drivers which do not initialize vblank).
>
>    fbcon: Taking over console
>    Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000074

Thanks, this fixes a crash seen with the ssd130x DRM driver.
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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