linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the driver-core tree with the driver-core.current tree

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Date:	Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:12:21 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the driver-core tree with the
 driver-core.current tree

Hi Greg,

On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:32:25 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the driver-core tree got a conflict in
> drivers/base/firmware_class.c between commit 875979368eb4 ("firmware
> loader: fix use-after-free by double abort") from the driver-core.current
> tree and commit fe304143b0c3 ("firmware: Avoid deadlock of usermodehelper
> lock at shutdown") from the driver-core tree.
> 
> I fixed it up (more may be required - see below) and can carry the fix as
> necessary (no action is required).

I missed the bit below (at least) and have now added this as a merge fix
for the driver-core tree.

From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:08:01 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix up for fw_load_abort API change

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
---
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 57aa842..fdacd77 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ static void firmware_class_timeout_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			struct firmware_priv, timeout_work.work);
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	fw_load_abort(fw_priv);
+	fw_load_abort(fw_priv->buf);
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 }
 
-- 
1.8.1

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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