linux-kernel - Re: mfd: lpc_ich: NULL pointer dereference at (second) module removal

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Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:34:56 +0100
From:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Peter Tyser <ptyser@...-inc.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mfd: lpc_ich: NULL pointer dereference at (second) module removal

Hi Paul,

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 02:02:49PM +0100, Paul Bolle wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-11-19 at 01:24 +0100, Samuel Ortiz wrote:
> > I just merged commit
> > 5dc4dda91c86ef82bd53d77e5de50ec095b33e46 into my for-next branch and that one
> > could fix that issue. Could you guys please give it a go ?
> 
> 0) Applies cleanly to v3.6.7. Compiles cleanly too. No oops after the
> (second or later) removal of lpc_ich. So this patch seems to do the
> trick.
Thanks for the feedback.


> 1) Could you please send this patch to stable too (when it finally hits
> mainline, that is)? A quick glance suggests it can be backported to as
> far v3.0 (but I only tested v3.6.y, see above).
Yep, I'll cc stable on it.

Cheers,
Samuel.

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