Re: [PATCH] release_resource() check for NULL resource

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 23:59:16 -0300 Diego de Estrada wrote:

> On 10/2/05, Randy.Dunlap <[email protected]> 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.

I understand that sentiment, but if a driver is bad,
we generally want to know about that rather than paste
(or paper) over it on a continuous basis.


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