Re: kernel problem 2.6.33-rc2

[Anisse Astier <anisse@astier.eu>]

On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:18:57 -0500 (EST), Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> wrote :

> > dell_wmi_init
> 
> Please try this patch.
> 
> From d11e073ee3e3091d9190dace97ce480e960cca1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
> Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:14:26 -0500
> Subject: [PATCH] Revert "wmi: Free the allocated acpi objects through wmi_get_event_data"
> X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore
> 
> This reverts commit 3e9b988e4edf065d39c1343937f717319b1c1065.
> 
> Reported-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@googlemail.com>
> Tested-by Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

Hi, please try this patch as well. This should be the proper fix.


From: Anisse Astier <anisse@astier.eu>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:27:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] hp-wmi: remove double free

Commit 3e9b988e4edf065d39c1343937f717319b1c1065 had the same purpose as commit
44ef00e6482e755f36629773abc2aee83a6f53e3 .
Signed-off-by: Anisse Astier <anisse@astier.eu>
Reported-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@googlemail.com>

---
 drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
index 8781d8f..222ab57 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
@@ -388,8 +388,6 @@ static void hp_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
 	} else
 		printk(KERN_INFO "HP WMI: Unknown key pressed - %x\n",
 			eventcode);
-
-	kfree(obj);
 }
 
 static int __init hp_wmi_input_setup(void)
-- 
1.6.5.7