Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Jan 2016 14:02:21 +0100 | From | Uwe Kleine-König <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] base/platform: Fix platform drivers with no probe callback (ex alarmtimer) |
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On Tue, Jan 05, 2016 at 12:02:23PM +0200, Tero Roponen wrote: > > On Tue, 5 Jan 2016, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I think this is the same problem that another Martin found and fixed in > > > > http://mid.gmane.org/1449132704-9952-1-git-send-email-martin.wilck@ts.fujitsu.com > > > > I didn't check, but thought Greg already picked that up?! > > I can confirm that applying the patch in that link to 4.4-rc8 fixes the > following problem I've seen since 4.4-rc5: > > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000e20 > IP: [<ffffffffa017835e>] asus_sysfs_is_visible+0xe/0x1d0 [asus_laptop]
This is a separate bug however that is worth fixing, too. I guess this is similar to the tpm problem my broken patch made obvious.
Best regards Uwe
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