Re: 3.1rc10 null pointer dereference ideapad_backlight_notify_power

David Rientjes
2011-10-24T23:12:43Z

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On Mon, 24 Oct 2011, Sam Tygier wrote:

> >On Thu, 20 Oct 2011, Ike Panhc wrote:
> >
> >> This issue has been reported[1] and patch[2] is ready.
> >>
> >> [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org/msg02340.html
> >>
> >> [2] http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org/msg02343.html
> >>    http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org/msg02346.html
> >>
> >
> >It certainly looks like the patch in [2] will fix the issue, but it looks
> >like those are from a couple months ago and I'm still not seeing it in
> >linux-next.  Matthew, how is this going to Linus and will it be cc'd to
> >stable@vger.kernel.org?
>
>
> the patch works for me (i applied it to kernel between r10 and 3.1 final). for some reason i don't understand i had to apply the patch by hand.
>

So we can add your

Tested-by: Sam Tygier <samtygier@yahoo.co.uk>

to the patch.

> i am not quite sure of the etiquette, should I repost the patch in its original form, or my version, or can someone else get this included.
>

This will go through Matthew's tree and hopefully also backported to
stable through stable@vger.kernel.org. Matthew?