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From: Ralf Baechle on 4 Feb 2010 15:30 On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 08:56:50PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-K�nig wrote: > A pointer to a probe callback is passed to the core via > platform_driver_register and so the function must not disappear when the > .init sections are discarded. Otherwise (if also having HOTPLUG=y) > unbinding and binding a device to the driver via sysfs will result in an > oops as does a device being registered late. > > An alternative to this patch is using platform_driver_probe instead of > platform_driver_register plus removing the pointer to the probe function > from the struct platform_driver. sgiwd93 bits looks good, so Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf(a)linux-mips.org> The IP22 hardware doesn't support hotplugging so this bug isn't dangerous. Ralf -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |