Merge branch 'fix/asoc' into for-linus

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 80fe39d98b0c..aada26f63dec 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();
 }