Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:45:12 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kobject: fix NULL pointer derefernce in kobj_child_ns_ops |
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 04:25:54PM +0530, Pankaj Dubey wrote: > We will hit NULL pointer dereference if we call > platform_device_register_simple or platform_device_add at very early > stage. I have observed following crash when called platform_device_add > from "init_irq" hook of machine_desc. This patch fixes this issue and > let system handle this case gracefully instead of kernel panic.
Is there any in-tree code that needs this "fix"? Or can it wait for 3.18?
thanks,
greg k-h
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