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authorFlorian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>2012-01-28 19:52:40 +0000
committerFlorian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>2012-01-28 19:52:40 +0000
commitb20f86625de738658c74f2ecfe4050416d2252cc (patch)
treeb84216b70bd923409217834a953f983700e39eda /drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
parent9f1065032ceb7e86c7c9f16bb86518857e88a172 (diff)
parentdcd6c92267155e70a94b3927bce681ce74b80d1f (diff)
Merge commit 'v3.3-rc1' into fbdev-next
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index 80fe39d98b0..aada26f63de 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ bool drm_fb_helper_force_kernel_mode(void)
int drm_fb_helper_panic(struct notifier_block *n, unsigned long ununsed,
void *panic_str)
{
+ /*
+ * It's a waste of time and effort to switch back to text console
+ * if the kernel should reboot before panic messages can be seen.
+ */
+ if (panic_timeout < 0)
+ return 0;
+
printk(KERN_ERR "panic occurred, switching back to text console\n");
return drm_fb_helper_force_kernel_mode();
}