linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] DVB-USB: dib0700, fix oops with non-dib7000pc devices

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Date:	Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:57:13 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
CC:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Patrick Boettcher <pboettcher@...nellabs.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] DVB-USB: dib0700, fix oops with non-dib7000pc devices

On 02/24/2011 02:49 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em 24-02-2011 10:41, Jiri Slaby escreveu:
>> On 02/24/2011 01:53 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>>> Em 24-02-2011 09:24, Jiri Slaby escreveu:
>>>> Hmm, could anybody pick it up?
>>>>
>>>> On 02/05/2011 07:20 PM, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>>>>> These devices use different internal structures (dib7000m) and
>>>>> dib7000p pid ctrl accesses invalid members causing kernel to die.
>>>>>
>>>>> Introduce pid control functions for dib7000m which operate on the
>>>>> correct structure.
>>>
>>> Patrick (DibCom drivers maintainer) has proposed an alternate patch for it [1]
>>> that properly address the issues:
>>>
>>> http://git.linuxtv.org/pb/media_tree.git?a=commitdiff;h=80a5f1fdc6beb496347cbb297f9c1458c8cb9f50
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-media/msg27890.html
>>>
>>> Could you please test it?
>>
>> Yes, I will later.
>>
>> Is there any reason why this is not in Linus' and stable trees and
>> mainly in linux/next already?
> 
> Yes. I'm waiting for confirmation that this patch fixes the reported issue.

Ok, it works as expected.

Tested-by: Pavel SKARKA <paul.sp@...nam.cz>
References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644807

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs
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