Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:51:27 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] libata: clear drvdata in ata_host_release() |
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Tejun Heo wrote: > ata_host_release() uses drvdata to determine ata_host to release and > clearing drvdata in ->remove_one causes NULL pointer deference. Clear > drvdata only in ata_host_release() after all resources are freed. > > This bug was first analyzed by Alan Cox for pata_pcmcia. > > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> > Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> > --- > Alan, this is the bug you talked about, right? I took the fix from > "[BUG] PATA_PCMCIA does not work" and expanded it. If this isn't the > one, please let me know. Thanks.
Has a tester confirmed that this patch fixes the problem, and supercedes Alan's patch?
Jeff
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