linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 15/50] tty: goldfish: Fix a parameter of a call to free

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Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:38:02 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 15/50] tty: goldfish: Fix a parameter of a call to
 free_irq

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 08:46:06PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-10-06 at 10:53 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me
> > know.
> > 
> > ------------------
> > 
> > From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> > 
> > 
> > [ Upstream commit 1a5c2d1de7d35f5eb9793266237903348989502b ]
> > 
> > 'request_irq()' and 'free_irq()' should be called with the same
> > dev_id.
> [...]
> 
> This fixes a bug introduced in 4.6 by commit 465893e18878 "tty:
> goldfish: support platform_device with id -1".  For earlier kernel
> versions, it *introduces* a bug.
> 
> Please revert from the 3.18 and 4.4 branches.

Ugh, the goldfish drivers are a pain lately...

I'll go revert this, luckily no one actually runs them in the tree :)

thanks,

greg k-h