Re: ACPI related kernel panic when booting 2.6.29-rc2

[Peter Klotz <peter.klotz@aon.at>]

Alexey Starikovskiy wrote:
> please use the patch from Tero Roponen.
> 
> This patch fixes the crash I experienced in 2.6.29-rc2.
> Tested on ASUS M50vm.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tero Roponen <tero.roponen@gmail.com>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> index a2b82c9..5c2f5d3 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> @@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ int __init acpi_ec_ecdt_probe(void)
>         saved_ec = kmalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_ec), GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (!saved_ec)
>             return -ENOMEM;
> -        memcpy(&saved_ec, boot_ec, sizeof(saved_ec));
> +        memcpy(saved_ec, boot_ec, sizeof(*saved_ec));
>     /* fall through */
>     }
>     /* This workaround is needed only on some broken machines,

Thanks a lot, this patch fixed the problem on my Asus B50A.

Regards, Peter.