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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:12:35 -0700 (PDT) From: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> To: Sam Tygier <samtygier@...oo.co.uk>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ike Panhc <ike.pan@...onical.com> Subject: Re: 3.1rc10 null pointer dereference ideapad_backlight_notify_power On Mon, 24 Oct 2011, Sam Tygier wrote: > >On Thu, 20 Oct 2011, Ike Panhc wrote: > > > >> This issue has been reported[1] and patch[2] is ready. > >> > >> [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org/msg02340.html > >> > >> [2] http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org/msg02343.html > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org/msg02346.html > >> > > > >It certainly looks like the patch in [2] will fix the issue, but it looks > >like those are from a couple months ago and I'm still not seeing it in > >linux-next. Matthew, how is this going to Linus and will it be cc'd to > >stable@...r.kernel.org? > > > the patch works for me (i applied it to kernel between r10 and 3.1 final). for some reason i don't understand i had to apply the patch by hand. > So we can add your Tested-by: Sam Tygier <samtygier@...oo.co.uk> to the patch. > i am not quite sure of the etiquette, should I repost the patch in its original form, or my version, or can someone else get this included. > This will go through Matthew's tree and hopefully also backported to stable through stable@...r.kernel.org. Matthew?
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