[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 0/1] drm/i915: Fix a deadlock that only affects 5.4

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 11:26:21PM -0700, Sultan Alsawaf wrote:
> From: Sultan Alsawaf <sultan at kerneltoast.com>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> There's a mutex lock deadlock in i915 that only affects 5.4, but was fixed in
> 5.5. Normally, I would send a backport of the fix from 5.5, but the patch set
> that fixes the deadlock involves massive changes that are neither feasible nor
> desirable for backporting [1][2][3]. Therefore, I've made a small patch that
> only addresses the deadlock specifically for 5.4.

This paragraph needs to go into the patch itself, otherwise just looking
at that doesn't make any sense.

And you do not need a cover letter for a single patch.

Please fix up and resend.

thanks,

greg k-h