Re: [PATCH 1/2] i2c-dev: don't get i2c adapter via i2c_dev

[Wolfram Sang]

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@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to for-next, thanks!

Jean, thanks for providing the background information! That was exactly
the missing piece for me.

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