[PATCH v2 0/7] xfree86: Handle drm race condition

[Chris Wilson]

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:50:47AM +0100, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> The drmSetMaster call is needed, but the spinning is really just waiting for the workqueue to run.
> 
> bryce's patch never worked, it just caused it to try drmsetinterfaceversion for a few seconds before timing out. That call
> was failing because his patch series never tried to obtain drm master.

You missed that the series Bryce posted did contain the drmSetMaster()
call inside the loop to retry drmSetVersion(). :)

Your explanation as to why the delay is required is certainly
intriguing. Thanks,
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre