[APPLIED] Re: Null pointer dereference fix for IR code

[Leann Ogasawara]

We're needing to do a last minute kernel upload to resolve some release
critical bugs.  I've gotten approval to also include this fix.  Applied
to Maverick linux master.

Thanks,
Leann

On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 17:57 -0700, Brian Rogers wrote:
> Please take a look at this bug report:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/624701
> 
> The commit 'UBUNTU: SAUCE: Update ir-core to linuxtv/other which should 
> be merged for 2.6.36' has introduced a regression from 2.6.36-rc1 into 
> Maverick's kernel. The effects of the bug are that LIRC crashes, the 
> kernel produces a NULL pointer dereference oops message, and the remote 
> for my tuner doesn't work.
> 
> I produced a patch to fix this and sent it upstream for inclusion in 
> 2.6.36, see here:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.input/13386/focus=15312
> 
> Can I get this patch into Maverick before the kernel freeze?
> 
> Brian
> 
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