linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] backlight: lp855x: Make sure props struct is zeroed

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Date:	Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:51:09 +0200
From:	"Johansson, Werner" <Werner.Johansson@...ymobile.com>
To:	"Kim, Milo" <milo.kim@...com>,
	"Andersson, Björn" 
	<Bjorn.Andersson@...ymobile.com>
CC:	Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	"linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] backlight: lp855x: Make sure props struct is zeroed

> > From: Werner Johansson <werner.johansson@...ymobile.com>
> >
> > The driver occasionally got stuck in suspend mode or other strange
> > states as those parts of the props struct were never initialized.
> 
> Acked-by: Milo Kim <milo.kim@...com>
> 
> Thanks for catching this.

You're most welcome! These issues can be difficult to track down, the stack is unpredictable.. 

/wj 
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