Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Oct 2013 05:59:56 -0700 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] device: Add kernel standard devm_k.alloc functions | From | Olof Johansson <> |
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On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > 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>
Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Greg, would you mind picking this up? It's still broken in -next and I don't want it to mask other issues that might be introduced.
-Olof
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