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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Cc: robfitz@273k.net, rdunlap@xenotime.net, greg@kroah.com,
	76306.1226@compuserve.com, fork0@t-online.de,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, shemminger@osdl.org,
	video4linux-list@redhat.com, v4l-dvb-maintainer@linuxtv.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] V4L: struct video_device corruption
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:08:55 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060724200855.603be3bb.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1153013464.4755.35.camel@praia>

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:31:04 -0300
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> wrote:

> Em Sáb, 2006-07-15 às 23:08 +0000, Robert Fitzsimons escreveu:
> > The layout of struct video_device would change depending on whether
> > videodev.h (V4L1) was include or not before v4l2-dev.h, which caused
> > the structure to get corrupted.  
> Hmm... good point! However, I the proper solution would be to trust on
> CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT or CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1 instead. it makes no sense
> to keep a pointer to an unsupported callback, when V4L1 is not selected.
> 

So I've lost the plot with all of this.  Does the current git-dvb contain
the desired fixes?

Do we expect this will fix the various DVB crashes which people (including
Alex) have reported?

Thanks.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-07-25  3:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-13  4:43 oops in bttv Chuck Ebbert
2006-07-13  5:05 ` Greg KH
2006-07-13  5:24   ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-07-13  5:44     ` Andrew Morton
2006-07-15 23:08       ` [PATCH] V4L: struct video_device corruption Robert Fitzsimons
2006-07-16  1:31         ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-18  0:25           ` [v4l-dvb-maintainer] " Trent Piepho
2006-07-19 11:54             ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-19 15:36               ` Michael Krufky
2006-07-20 21:57               ` Trent Piepho
2006-07-21 12:26                 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-21 20:06                   ` Trent Piepho
2006-07-21 20:30                     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-21 22:55                       ` Trent Piepho
2006-07-23  9:35                         ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-24  2:16                           ` Trent Piepho
2006-07-24 12:34                             ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-24 22:06                               ` Trent Piepho
2006-07-25 17:59                                 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-25  3:08           ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2006-07-25  7:57             ` Manu Abraham
2006-07-25  8:42             ` Trent Piepho
2006-07-25  9:06               ` Andrew Morton
2006-07-25 12:28                 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab

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