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DateFri, 20 Jul 2007 13:02:51 +0900
FromPaul Mundt <>
SubjectRe: pata_platform: Fix NULL pointer dereference
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 12:50:58PM +0900, 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 <damm@igel.co.jp>

Without this, most of the sh and ppc pata_platform users won't boot.

Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
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