linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/misc/hpilo: Correct panic when an AUX iLO is detected

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Date:	Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:17:40 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Mark Rusk <Mark.Rusk@...com>
Cc:	arnd@...db.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/misc/hpilo: Correct panic when an AUX iLO is
 detected

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 09:32:13AM -0500, Mark Rusk wrote:
>  Using an uninitialized variable 'devnum' after 'goto out;' was causing
>  panic.  Just go ahead and return, we need to ignore AUX iLO devs.
> 
>  Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
>    .
>    .
>    .
>  RIP  [<ffffffffa033e270>] ilo_probe+0xec/0xe7c [hpilo]
> ---
>  drivers/misc/hpilo.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

I think you forgot to run this patch through the checkpatch.pl tool
before you sent it out, right (hint, no signed-off-by line...)

Please fix it up and resend, so that it can be applied...

greg k-h
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