[PATCH] video: fbdev: use memset_io() instead of memset()

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Thu Oct 7 22:28:10 AEDT 2021


Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu> writes:
> While investigating a lockup at startup on Powerbook 3400C, it was
> identified that the fbdev driver generates alignment exception at
> startup:
...
>
> Use fb_memset() instead of memset(). fb_memset() is defined as
> memset_io() for powerpc.
>
> Fixes: 8c8709334cec ("[PATCH] ppc32: Remove CONFIG_PMAC_PBOOK")
> Reported-by: Stan Johnson <userm57 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Finn Thain <fthain at linux-m68k.org>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/chipsfb.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Looks like drivers/video/fbdev is orphaned, so I'll pick this up via
powerpc.

cheers


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