Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Jul 2016 10:31:54 +0900 | From | Wolfram Sang <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] i2c-dev: don't get i2c adapter via i2c_dev |
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On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 07:57:06PM -0700, Viresh Kumar wrote: > There is no code protecting i2c_dev to be freed after it is returned > from i2c_dev_get_by_minor() and using it to access the value which we > already have (minor) isn't safe really. > > Avoid using it and get the adapter directly from 'minor'. > > Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Applied to for-next, thanks!
Jean, thanks for providing the background information! That was exactly the missing piece for me. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |