linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] pci: spear: Drop __initdata from spear13xx_pcie

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Message-ID: <54F9BCDC.5000500@mm-sol.com>
Date:	Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:42:36 +0200
From:	Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@...sol.com>
To:	"Matwey V. Kornilov" <matwey@....msu.ru>, bhelgaas@...gle.com
CC:	mohit.kumar@...com, viresh.kumar@...aro.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] pci: spear: Drop __initdata from spear13xx_pcie_driver

On 02/19/2015 07:41 PM, Matwey V. Kornilov wrote:
> spear13xx_pcie_driver.driver is allocated in text.init section
> and then the pointer to it is passed futher. This patch is to avoid
> crashes like the following, when freed memory is used.
> 

What happened with this patch, could it go as a fix?

-- 
regards,
Stan
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