Re: [PATCH 2/2][Patch-next -v2] ACPI, APEI, HEST Fix theunsuitable usage of platform_data.

[Huang Ying]

On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 10:31 +0800, Jin Dongming wrote:
> platform_data in hest_parse_ghes() is used for saving the address of entry
> information of erst_tab. When the device is failed to be added, platform_data
> will be freed by platform_device_put(). But the value saved in platform_data
> should not be freed here. If it is done, it will make system panic.
> 
> So I think platform_data should save the address of allocated memory
> which saves entry information of erst_tab.
> 
> This patch fixed it and I confirmed it on x86_64 next-tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jin Dongming <jin.dongming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
Huang Ying


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