From: Zach Welch <zwelch@superlucidity.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>, Maciej Babinski <maciej@imsa.edu>
Subject: Re: uinput oops in 2.5.41
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 14:32:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DA5F1FA.7070901@superlucidity.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20021009114238.A11161@ucw.cz
Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 03:50:41AM -0500, Maciej Babinski wrote:
>
>>I get a NULL pointer dereference by running "cat" on /dev/misc/uinput
>>I'm a newbie, but I think the patch at the bottom fixes it.
>
>
> Your patch is almost correct - you have to keep both the checks. The
> first could happen when the device disappears while being waited for.
>
I've added this to my backport to 2.4. I'll be posting it very shortly
under the subject 'backport of uinput.c to 2.4, fixes for 2.5'. This
will include numerous additional fixes to uinput.c.
Cheers,
Zach Welch
Superlucidity Services
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-10 21:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-09 8:50 uinput oops in 2.5.41 Maciej Babinski
2002-10-09 9:42 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-10-10 21:32 ` Zach Welch [this message]
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