[PATCH 0/3] drm/panic: Remove build time dependency with FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE

[Jocelyn Falempe]

On 17/07/2024 10:48, Jocelyn Falempe wrote:
> When proposing to enable DRM_PANIC on Fedora, some users raised concern about the need to disable VT_CONSOLE.
> So this is my new attempt to avoid fbcon/vt_console to overwrite the panic screen.
> This time it doesn't involve any locking, so it should be safe.
> I added a skip_panic option in struct fb_info, and check if this option and the panic_cpu are set in fb_is_inactive(), to prevent any framebuffer operation.
> Also skip_panic is only true if the drm driver supports drm_panic, so you will still get the VT panic info on drivers that don't have drm_panic support yet.
> 

Thanks all,

I've just pushed them to drm-misc-next, with the required changes.
(splitting patch 2 in 2, and moving function prototype to 
drm_crtc_internal.h).

Best regards,

-- 

Jocelyn


> Jocelyn Falempe (3):
>    drm/panic: Add drm_panic_is_enabled()
>    fbcon: Add an option to disable fbcon in panic.
>    drm/panic: Remove build time dependency with FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
> 
>   drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig          |  2 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c  |  2 ++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c      | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c |  7 ++++++-
>   include/drm/drm_panic.h          |  2 ++
>   include/linux/fb.h               |  1 +
>   6 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: a237f217bad50c381773da5b00442710d1449098