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-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();
}