+ acpi-add-checking-for-null-early-param.patch added to -mm tree

+ acpi-add-checking-for-null-early-param.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     acpi: add checking for NULL early param
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     acpi-add-checking-for-null-early-param.patch

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Subject: acpi: add checking for NULL early param
From: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 drivers/acpi/tables.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff -puN drivers/acpi/tables.c~acpi-add-checking-for-null-early-param drivers/acpi/tables.c
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c~acpi-add-checking-for-null-early-param
+++ a/drivers/acpi/tables.c
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ int __init acpi_table_init(void)
 
 static int __init acpi_parse_apic_instance(char *str)
 {
+	if (!str)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	acpi_apic_instance = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from gorcunov@gmail.com are

origin.patch
linux-next.patch
acpi-add-checking-for-null-early-param.patch