drm/vmwgfx: Fix incorrect write to read-only register v2:
authorThomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
Wed, 2 Jul 2014 13:47:04 +0000 (15:47 +0200)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Wed, 6 Aug 2014 17:07:34 +0000 (18:07 +0100)
commit34762248788fc01d22199635a247fb6f0c75b59f
tree761684e1f6734de374e569031e90fabff17fb672
parent94f85e69a50b0136a45037a90306c172db40e4bc
drm/vmwgfx: Fix incorrect write to read-only register v2:

commit 4e578080ed3262ed2c3985868539bc66218d25c0 upstream.

Commit "drm/vmwgfx: correct fb_fix_screeninfo.line_length", while fixing a
vmwgfx fbdev bug, also writes the pitch to a supposedly read-only register:
SVGA_REG_BYTES_PER_LINE, while it should be (and also in fact is) written to
SVGA_REG_PITCHLOCK.

This patch is Cc'd stable because of the unknown effects writing to this
register might have, particularly on older device versions.

v2: Updated log message.

Cc: Christopher Friedt <chrisfriedt@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Christopher Friedt <chrisfriedt@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakob Bornecrantz <jakob@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c