linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ssb: Fix regression in 2.6.23-git3 due to change in calling add_uevent

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:03:39 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	kay.sievers@...y.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ssb: Fix regression in 2.6.23-git3 due to change in
	calling add_uevent_var

On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 11:46:47PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> In commit 7eff2e7a8b65c25920207324e56611150eb1cd9a, the calling sequence
> for add_uevent_var was changed, but the ssb driver was not modified, which
> leads to a "Unable to handle kernel paging request" oops. This patch fixes
> the problem.

Sorry, Al Viro got a patch merged before I got to yours!

Thanks anyway!

John
-- 
John W. Linville
linville@...driver.com
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