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From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
To: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@hds.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"mingo@kernel.org" <mingo@kernel.org>,
	"hpa@zytor.com" <hpa@zytor.com>,
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	"tony.luck@intel.com" <tony.luck@intel.com>,
	"jk@ozlabs.org" <jk@ozlabs.org>, "teg@jklm.no" <teg@jklm.no>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"mikew@google.com" <mikew@google.com>,
	"linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org" 
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Subject: Re: [tip:x86/efi2] efivars: efivar_entry API
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:55:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <517A4F2A.4080906@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A5ED84D3BB3A384992CBB9C77DEDA4D41AFCC9D0@USINDEM103.corp.hds.com>

On 24/04/13 00:55, Seiji Aguchi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tested a current tip tree to check if the new API works.
> But pstore_erase() doesn't work...
> I'm checking the source code right now.
> 
> Seiji

[...]

> Call Trace:
>  [<ffffffff8143001f>] efi_pstore_erase+0xdf/0x130
>  [<ffffffff81200038>] ? cap_socket_create+0x8/0x10
>  [<ffffffff811ea491>] pstore_unlink+0x41/0x60
>  [<ffffffff811741ff>] vfs_unlink+0x9f/0x110
>  [<ffffffff8117813b>] do_unlinkat+0x18b/0x280
>  [<ffffffff81178472>] sys_unlinkat+0x22/0x40
>  [<ffffffff81542402>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Does this patch fix things?

---

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
index 47ae712..b820593 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id, int count,
 			    struct timespec time, struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
 	struct pstore_erase_data edata;
-	struct efivar_entry *entry;
+	struct efivar_entry *entry = NULL;
 	char name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
 	efi_char16_t efi_name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
 	int found, i;

  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-26  9:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <tip-e14ab23dde12b80db4c94b684a2e485b72b16af3@git.kernel.org>
2013-04-23 23:55 ` [tip:x86/efi2] efivars: efivar_entry API Seiji Aguchi
2013-04-26  9:55   ` Matt Fleming [this message]
2013-04-26 14:25     ` Seiji Aguchi
2013-04-26 14:55       ` Matt Fleming
2013-04-26 15:05         ` Seiji Aguchi
2013-04-26 14:28 ` Seiji Aguchi
2013-04-26 14:35   ` Fleming, Matt
2013-04-26 14:37     ` Seiji Aguchi
2013-04-26 15:43 ` Seiji Aguchi
2013-04-30 11:27   ` Matt Fleming
2013-04-30 14:53     ` Seiji Aguchi

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