Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Oct 2005 20:28:31 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] release_resource() check for NULL resource |
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On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 23:59:16 -0300 Diego de Estrada wrote:
> On 10/2/05, Randy.Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote: > > On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 18:03:18 +0100 Ben Dooks wrote: > > > > > If release_resource() is passed a NULL resource > > > the kernel will OOPS. > > > > does this actually happen? you are fixing a real oops? > > if so, what driver caused it? > > The point is: no driver should make the kernel OOPS. Thanks Ben.
I understand that sentiment, but if a driver is bad, we generally want to know about that rather than paste (or paper) over it on a continuous basis.
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