On Tue, 08 May 2007 17:54:40 -0400
Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> wrote:
> Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > In 2.6.21.1 when dock driver initialization fails it does a kfree()
> > of dock_station. (Below, this is due to some error installing a
> > notify handler.) Later when a bay is discovered it calls
> > is_dock_device() which attempts to lock the (nonexistent)
> > dock_station. Reason is this test in is_dock_device():
> >
> > if (!dock_station)
> > return 0;
> >
> > dock_station is 0x6b6b6b6b after being freed. Either it needs
> > to be zeroed or some other flag should be used to decide
> > whether a dock station is present...
> >
>
> Untested patch attached.
>
>
>
Hi Chuck,
thanks for the patch, this should fix the problem. Would you care to
resend it with a proper sign-off?
Thanks,
Kristen
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