Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932313AbVJDDAn (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 23:00:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932317AbVJDDAn (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 23:00:43 -0400 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.207]:2844 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932313AbVJDDAn convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 23:00:43 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=o4bLZCqnmOF6cLcHDuZj4WjtFoJDyX82dw8ePDo7qEjknt5uHa1NWAbkbAhmzsXrILpYz/S7zGRZ7LvmOShMvJpkDdHzBySzYqm9REB3ERpNRUZqRddJ2Qi6WMoyBMhVdHXjg135hIFea1Ihw+CauzDZ54s0t9qDsqwywRN19+E= Message-ID: <5dc44ec70510032000s79e12bc8l2ea4e69af6f32ee7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 00:00:41 -0300 From: Diego de Estrada Reply-To: Diego de Estrada To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] release_resource() check for NULL resource In-Reply-To: <5dc44ec70510031959w1f4adfcbh395535ade34a357d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <20051002170318.GA22074@home.fluff.org> <20051002103922.34dd287d.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <5dc44ec70510031959w1f4adfcbh395535ade34a357d@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 590 Lines: 15 On 10/2/05, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 18:03:18 +0100 Ben Dooks wrote: > > > If release_resource() is passed a NULL resource > > the kernel will OOPS. > > does this actually happen? you are fixing a real oops? > if so, what driver caused it? The point is: no driver should make the kernel OOPS. Thanks Ben. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/