[APPLIED Maverick] [PATCH 0/1] [Hardy -> Maverick] vesafb initialisation fix
Leann Ogasawara
leann.ogasawara at canonical.com
Fri Jul 30 00:18:03 UTC 2010
Applied to Maverick linux master.
Thanks,
Leann
On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 09:42 +0100, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> Since dapper we have carries a vesafb modularisation patch. This allows
> us to make vesafb a module so we can control its insertion. When this
> patch was rolled forward somewhere between dapper and hardy part of the
> patch was lost. Such that we do not allocate sufficient memory for the
> local info structure. This can lead to memory corruption and will lead
> to a panic on unload of the module.
>
> This patch pulls up the missing segment of the patch. This is very likely
> applicable to all live releases between Hardy and Maverick inclusive.
>
> -apw
>
> Andy Whitcroft (1):
> UBUNTU: SAUCE: (no-up) Modularize vesafb -- fix initialisation
>
> drivers/video/vesafb.c | 14 +++++++-------
> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
>
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