From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: David Kleikamp <shaggy@austin.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.41] trap in __release_resource
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 18:54:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021009185405.B23671@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200210091719.g99HJBVM001363@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com>; from shaggy@austin.ibm.com on Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 12:19:11PM -0500
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 12:19:11PM -0500, David Kleikamp wrote:
> I was getting a NULL pointer dereference in __release_resource when I tried
> to boot 2.5.41. I traced it down to your recent patch to 8250.c. Since
> the call to serial8250_request_std_resource() is now conditional, the call
> to release_resource() needs to be conditional as well. This patch fixes
> the problem. It looks obviously correct to me, but I don't know this code
> at all.
Oddly, I've also sent this patch out in the last couple of days. 8)
Its correct.
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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-09 17:48 UTC|newest]
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2002-10-09 17:19 [PATCH 2.5.41] trap in __release_resource David Kleikamp
2002-10-09 17:54 ` Russell King [this message]
2002-10-09 17:56 ` Dave Kleikamp
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