From: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
To: Arianna Avanzini <avanzini.arianna@gmail.com>,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: jslaby@suse.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty, serial, 8250: remove __init from function serial8250_console_setup()
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:25:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5475E2F4.7090603@hurleysoftware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1416954082-1755-1-git-send-email-avanzini.arianna@gmail.com>
On 11/25/2014 05:21 PM, Arianna Avanzini wrote:
> Some RS232 adapters handled by this driver are hotpluggable. The function
> serial8250_console_setup() is called during device init and is defined with
> the __init macro. In case the driver is built-in, hotplugging the device after
> the initialization phase has been completed (and the related memory has been
> freed) results in a kernel crash.
> This commit fixes the issue by removing __init from the function definition.
Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-26 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-20 18:00 [PATCH RFC] tty, serial, 8250: remove __init from function serial8250_console_setup() Arianna Avanzini
2014-11-25 17:51 ` Greg KH
2014-11-25 22:18 ` Arianna Avanzini
2014-11-25 22:21 ` [PATCH] " Arianna Avanzini
2014-11-26 14:25 ` Peter Hurley [this message]
2014-11-26 17:26 ` Greg KH
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