From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Linus WALLEIJ <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>,
Srinidhi KASAGAR <srinidhi.kasagar@stericsson.com>,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>,
"linux-serial@vger.kernel.org" <linux-serial@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: pl011: protect attribute read from NULL platform data struct
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 10:23:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130515092322.GC3494@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkdZR3AsGyCUH=cbskcZPs0PVBjH6QXUGkD+KG8SzGMMOKg@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 13 May 2013, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> > It's completely feasible that platform data will be empty i.e. when
> > booting with Device Tree with no device AUXDATA. So we must protect
> > it's use in these use-cases, or risk a kernel Oops.
> >
> > Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
> > Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> > ---
> > ******* *******
> > If this issue has not already been fixed, this patch should be applied
> > during the v3.10 -rc:s, as it fixes a serious bug which was introduced
> > in the merge-window.
> > ******* *******
>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
>
> You should probably put Greg on To: so that he picks this up for
> the -rc:s ASAP.
I spoke with Greg yesterday. He's catching up on mail.
--
Lee Jones
Linaro ST-Ericsson Landing Team Lead
Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs
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From: lee.jones@linaro.org (Lee Jones)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] serial: pl011: protect attribute read from NULL platform data struct
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 10:23:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130515092322.GC3494@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkdZR3AsGyCUH=cbskcZPs0PVBjH6QXUGkD+KG8SzGMMOKg@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 13 May 2013, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> > It's completely feasible that platform data will be empty i.e. when
> > booting with Device Tree with no device AUXDATA. So we must protect
> > it's use in these use-cases, or risk a kernel Oops.
> >
> > Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
> > Cc: linux-serial at vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> > ---
> > ******* *******
> > If this issue has not already been fixed, this patch should be applied
> > during the v3.10 -rc:s, as it fixes a serious bug which was introduced
> > in the merge-window.
> > ******* *******
>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
>
> You should probably put Greg on To: so that he picks this up for
> the -rc:s ASAP.
I spoke with Greg yesterday. He's catching up on mail.
--
Lee Jones
Linaro ST-Ericsson Landing Team Lead
Linaro.org ? Open source software for ARM SoCs
Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-15 9:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-09 12:50 [PATCH] serial: pl011: protect attribute read from NULL platform data struct Lee Jones
2013-05-09 12:50 ` Lee Jones
2013-05-13 19:09 ` Linus Walleij
2013-05-13 19:09 ` Linus Walleij
2013-05-15 9:23 ` Lee Jones [this message]
2013-05-15 9:23 ` Lee Jones
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