From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758032AbXGTLrU (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:47:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754180AbXGTLrB (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:47:01 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:49753 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752727AbXGTLrA (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:47:00 -0400 Message-ID: <46A0A0B2.2010902@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:46:58 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070530) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Magnus Damm CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Paul Mundt , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: pata_platform: Fix NULL pointer dereference References: <20070720035058.25300.28389.sendpatchset@clockwork.opensource.se> In-Reply-To: <20070720035058.25300.28389.sendpatchset@clockwork.opensource.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.9 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Magnus Damm wrote: > pata_platform: Fix NULL pointer dereference > > pata_platform currently dereferences a NULL pointer in pata_platform_probe() > if pdev->dev.platform_data is set to NULL. This breakage was most likely > introduced by commit 5f45bc50976ee1f408f7171af155aec646655a37. > > Signed-off-by: Magnus Damm > --- > > Tested on a Solution Engline 7722 board, fixes NULL dereference problem. > Applies to linux-2.6 git 9a79b2274186fade17134929d4f85b70d59a3840 > Could someone please make sure this gets included in rc1? > > drivers/ata/pata_platform.c | 5 +++-- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) applied