On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:03:35 +0200, Daniel Vetter <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> If we try to do that and the scanlines just wouldn't advance, we
> busy-hang the machine holding the modeset mutex. Not great for
> debugging.
> 
> References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43020
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <[email protected]>

A second is a bit much, 5 vblanks should do, say 100ms, but this is just
paranoid code. Unfortunately if it hits it means the machine is likely
to keep hitting it. Are little, but noticeable periodic stutters
actually better than a freeze?
Otherwise,
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <[email protected]>
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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