linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] EFIFB: Fix error handling

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:37:19 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	pjones@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] EFIFB: Fix error handling

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 01:38:17AM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Fix the error handling in the EFIFB driver if platform_driver_probe() fails.
> In that case, the code will pass the driver struct to the _device_
> unregistration function.  It presumably should pass a pointer to the device
> struct instead.
> 
> The compiler gives the following warning to indicate this:
> 
> drivers/video/efifb.c: In function 'efifb_init':
> drivers/video/efifb.c:544:3: warning: passing argument 1 of 'platform_device_unregister' from incompatible pointer type
> include/linux/platform_device.h:40:13: note: expected 'struct platform_device *' but argument is of type 'struct platform_driver *'
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> cc: Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
> cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
> cc: stable@...nel.org

Thanks, I've already queued a fix for this.
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