linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: fix request

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Date:	Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:10:03 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: fix request_firmware() error handling

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 06:09:30PM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> If _request_firmware() fails and we do release_firmware(), update the pointer
> pointed to by 'firmware_p' so that we don't return a free'd pointer to the
> caller.
> 
> This patch fixes a boot-time crash on my MacBook that's caused by failing
> isight_firmware_load(). The bug was introduced in commit f8a4bd34 ("firmware
> loader: embed device into firmware_priv structure") and makes 2.6.36-rc1
> unusable on my box.
> 
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>

Thanks, already in my tree and linux-next and will be going to Linus on
Monday.

greg k-h
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