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authorMichael Hanselmann <linux-kernel@hansmi.ch>2006-09-26 03:25:07 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-09-26 04:38:36 +0400
commit25981de5b836581364612a4b1fe27db3b5d1f861 (patch)
tree6dc66d33c8ffaca1faf84bca4707db429548422f /drivers
parentf3ef9ead31ae995251b420ac98398bd7545bf4e1 (diff)
downloadlinux-25981de5b836581364612a4b1fe27db3b5d1f861.tar.xz
[PATCH] backlight: fix oops in __mutex_lock_slowpath during head /sys/class/graphics/fb0/*
Seems like not all drivers use the framebuffer_alloc() function and won't have an initialized mutex. But those don't have a backlight, anyway. Signed-off-by: Michael Hanselmann <linux-kernel@hansmi.ch> Cc: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net> Cc: Daniel R Thompson <daniel.thompson@st.com> Cc: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/fbsysfs.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c b/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c
index 4f78f234473d..c151dcf68786 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c
@@ -397,6 +397,12 @@ static ssize_t store_bl_curve(struct class_device *class_device,
u8 tmp_curve[FB_BACKLIGHT_LEVELS];
unsigned int i;
+ /* Some drivers don't use framebuffer_alloc(), but those also
+ * don't have backlights.
+ */
+ if (!fb_info || !fb_info->bl_dev)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
if (count != (FB_BACKLIGHT_LEVELS / 8 * 24))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -430,6 +436,12 @@ static ssize_t show_bl_curve(struct class_device *class_device, char *buf)
ssize_t len = 0;
unsigned int i;
+ /* Some drivers don't use framebuffer_alloc(), but those also
+ * don't have backlights.
+ */
+ if (!fb_info || !fb_info->bl_dev)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
mutex_lock(&fb_info->bl_mutex);
for (i = 0; i < FB_BACKLIGHT_LEVELS; i += 8)
len += snprintf(&buf[len], PAGE_SIZE,