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    drm/i915/fbdev: Fix num_connector references in intel_fb_initial_config() · 14a3842a
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    During boot time, MST devices usually send a ton of hotplug events
    irregardless of whether or not any physical hotplugs actually occurred.
    Hotplugs mean connectors being created/destroyed, and the number of DRM
    connectors changing under us. This isn't a problem if we use
    fb_helper->connector_count since we only set it once in the code,
    however if we use num_connector from struct drm_mode_config we risk it's
    value changing under us. On top of that, there's even a chance that
    dev->mode_config.num_connector != fb_helper->connector_count. If the
    number of connectors happens to increase under us, we'll end up using
    the wrong array size for memcpy and start writing beyond the actual
    length of the array, occasionally resulting in kernel panics.
    
    Note: This is just polish for 4.7, Dave Airlie's drm_connector
    refcounting fixed these bugs for real. But it's good enough duct-tape
    for stable kernel backporting, since backporting the refcounting
    changes is way too invasive.
    
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLyude <cpaul@redhat.com>
    [danvet: Clarify why we need this.]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
    Link: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/1463065021-18280-2-git-send-email-cpaul@redhat.com
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