Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] device: Add kernel standard devm_k.alloc functions | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Sun, 20 Oct 2013 08:22:46 -0700 |
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On Sat, 2013-10-19 at 19:57 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:52:46PM -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote: > > Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> writes: > > > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:04:11AM -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote: > > >> > A handful of boot panics on ARM platforms were bisected to point at > > >> > the version of this commit that's in linux-next (commit > > >> > 64c862a839a8db2c02bbaa88b923d13e1208919d). Reverting this commit > > >> > makes things happy again. > > >> > > > >> > Upon further digging, it seems that users of devres_alloc() are > > >> > relying on the previous behavior of having the memory zero'd which is > > >> > no longer the case after $SUBJECT patch. The change below on top of > > >> > -next makes these ARM boards happy again. > > >> > > >> Oops, it should've fixed __devres_alloc() also. Updated patch below. > > > > > > Can you send this in a format that I can apply it in? It was whitespace > > > damaged. > > > > hmm, sorry about that. This one should work, though I wonder if Andrew > > should pick this up since I think the patch that causes the breakage > > came through his tree. > > No, the patch is in my tree, not Andrew's. > > Joe, can I get a signed-off-by for this?
If you want.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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