linux-kernel - Re: Linux 4.5-rc2

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Date:	Mon, 1 Feb 2016 12:46:04 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Heinz Diehl <htd+ml@...tha.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 4.5-rc2

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Heinz Diehl <htd+ml@...tha.org> wrote:
>
> Still, some Asus laptops are hanging at boot-time, both with latest
> -stable and 4.5-rc1/rc2:
>
> [    4.056862] asus_laptop:    model detected
> [    4.058731] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000e20
> [    4.060018] IP: [<ffffffffc03d3423>] asus_sysfs_is_visible+0x13/0x1d0 [asus_laptop]
>
> The bug is also reported here:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110751
>
> This patch fixes the problem (both for me and others):
>
> [ https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/552082/ ]

Greg, do you have that pending, or should I just apply it directly?

                Linus