linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] WATCHDOG: sbc_fitpc2_wdt, fix crash on systems without DMI_BOARD

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Date:	Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:25:49 +0100
From:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jirislaby@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] WATCHDOG: sbc_fitpc2_wdt, fix crash on systems
	without DMI_BOARD_NAME

Hi Jiri,

> Some systems don't provide DMI_BOARD_NAME in their DMI tables. Avoid
> crash in such situations in fitpc2_wdt_init.
> 
> The fix is to check if the dmi_get_system_info return value is NULL.

Added to linux-2.6-watchdog-next. Will sent it over to Linus for inclusion in the mainline kernel in a couple of days.

Kind regards,
Wim.

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