linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vt/fbcon: deinitialize resources in visual

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Date:   Thu, 16 May 2019 16:33:40 +0200
From:   Grzegorz Halat <ghalat@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt/fbcon: deinitialize resources in visual_init() after
 failed memory allocation

On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 at 16:59, Grzegorz Halat <ghalat@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> After memory allocation failure vc_allocate() doesn't clean up data
> which has been initialized in visual_init(). In case of fbcon this
> leads to divide-by-0 in fbcon_init() on next open of the same tty.

Hi,
A gentle reminder. Could you please review my patch? I've seen two
crashes caused by this bug.

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Grzegorz Halat