Re: [PATCH 2.5.41] trap in __release_resource

From: Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2002 - 12:54:05 EST

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On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 12:19:11PM -0500, David Kleikamp wrote:
> I was getting a NULL pointer dereference in __release_resource when I tried
> to boot 2.5.41. I traced it down to your recent patch to 8250.c. Since
> the call to serial8250_request_std_resource() is now conditional, the call
> to release_resource() needs to be conditional as well. This patch fixes
> the problem. It looks obviously correct to me, but I don't know this code
> at all.

Oddly, I've also sent this patch out in the last couple of days. 8)
Its correct.

-- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

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