linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux-next v2] firewire: fw_device

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Message-ID: <20130219101502.18a51c0b@stein>
Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:15:02 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next v2] firewire: fw_device_init: 'minor' may be
 used uninitialized

On Feb 18 Tim Gardner wrote:
> 'firewire: convert to idr_alloc()' accidentally orphaned 'minor'.
[...]
> If this patch is correct, then it also ought to go to stable
> if it misses 3.8 final.

"firewire: convert to idr_alloc()" is pending for merge after 3.8/
before 3.9-rc1, IOW 3.8 is not affected.  (I notified akpm who handles the
faulty patch.)
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