[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/4] drm: Add a non-locking version of drm_kms_helper_poll_enable().

[Lukas Wunner]

Hi Egbert,

On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 10:21:32PM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote:
> drm_kms_helper_poll_enable() was converted to lock the mode_config
> mutex in commit 8c4ccc4ab6f64e859d4ff8d7c02c2ed2e956e07f
> ("drm/probe-helper: Grab mode_config.mutex in poll_init/enable").
> 
> This disregarded the cases where this function is called from a context
> where this mutex is already locked.

Which ones would that be?


> + * drm_kms_helper_poll_enable_no_lock - re-enable output polling.

It seems DRM convention is to append _locked or _unlocked, e.g.:
drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked
drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked


Best regards,

Lukas