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Date:	Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:47:42 +0100
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] gpio: Use kzalloc() to allocate struct gpio_device
 to fix crash

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:

> gpiochip_add_data() allocates the struct gpio_device using kmalloc(),
> which doesn't zero the returned memory.
>
> Hence when calling dev_set_name(), it may try to free a bogus old name,
> causing a crash:

Ooops got two patches to this independently and applied the other one,
I tagged your name onto the Reported-by now. Thanks!

Yours,
Linus Walleij

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