[PATCH 0/6] xfree86: Handle drm race condition

[Dave Airlie]

>> We have not root-caused the bug yet, but are able to reproduce it
>> synthetically.  Currently we suspect the actual breakage is underneath X
>> (plymouth/lightdm/kernel), and are continuing experimentation at that
>> level.  However, this patch does seem to improve things for users, so it
>> may be worth your consideration for inclusion in xserver.
>
> Sounds like Dave Airlie figured out that it was just the delayed fput in
> the kernel causing this problem. We'll let him fix the kernel, and we'll
> stick a work-around in the X server for older kernel versions.

Don't think I did, from what I can see these are just local Ubuntu
races at startup between plymouth, lightdm and X,

I don't think any of this should have been merged.

Dave.
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