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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Pankaj Dubey <pankaj.dubey@samsung.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, naushad@samsung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kobject: fix NULL pointer derefernce in kobj_child_ns_ops
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:45:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140925104512.GC28590@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1411556154-14464-1-git-send-email-pankaj.dubey@samsung.com>

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 04:25:54PM +0530, Pankaj Dubey wrote:
> We will hit NULL pointer dereference if we call
> platform_device_register_simple or platform_device_add at very early
> stage. I have observed following crash when called platform_device_add
> from "init_irq" hook of machine_desc. This patch fixes this issue and
> let system handle this case gracefully instead of kernel panic.

Is there any in-tree code that needs this "fix"?  Or can it wait for
3.18?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-25 10:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-24 10:55 [PATCH] kobject: fix NULL pointer derefernce in kobj_child_ns_ops Pankaj Dubey
2014-09-25 10:45 ` Greg KH [this message]
2014-09-26  3:22   ` Pankaj Dubey

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