Re: [PATCH] MXSFB: Fix driver registration

Started by Shawn Guo on Dec 19, 2011 · 2 messages from 2 authors · Last reply Dec 19, 2011

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Cc-ed Florian and linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, as I guess Florian is
the person who will take this patch.

-- Regards,Shawn
On 18 December 2011 08:58, Marek Vasut [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk
The driver should be registered with mxsfb_driver, not with mxsfb_devtype.
This caused obvious null pointer dereference and crash.

Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <redacted>
Cc: Wolfgang Denk <redacted>
Cc: Stefano Babic <redacted>
Cc: Shawn Guo <redacted>
Cc: Huang Shijie <redacted>
Cc: Axel Lin <redacted>
Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
---
 drivers/video/mxsfb.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/mxsfb.c b/drivers/video/mxsfb.c
index 18742c2..d29c7c0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/mxsfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/mxsfb.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ static struct platform_driver mxsfb_driver = {
       },
 };

-module_platform_driver(mxsfb_devtype);
+module_platform_driver(mxsfb_driver);

 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Freescale mxs framebuffer driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sascha Hauer, Pengutronix");
--
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Hi Marek,

can you please resend the patch to me and the fbdev mailing list, preferably
with all Ack's you received until now included.

On 12/19/2011 01:51 PM, Shawn Guo wrote:
Cc-ed Florian and linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, as I guess Florian is
the person who will take this patch.
Thanks, I will. I guess you wanted to Ack this patch?


Thanks,

Florian Tobias Schandinat
-- Regards,Shawn
On 18 December 2011 08:58, Marek Vasut [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
The driver should be registered with mxsfb_driver, not with mxsfb_devtype.
This caused obvious null pointer dereference and crash.

Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <redacted>
Cc: Wolfgang Denk <redacted>
Cc: Stefano Babic <redacted>
Cc: Shawn Guo <redacted>
Cc: Huang Shijie <redacted>
Cc: Axel Lin <redacted>
Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
---
 drivers/video/mxsfb.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/mxsfb.c b/drivers/video/mxsfb.c
index 18742c2..d29c7c0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/mxsfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/mxsfb.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ static struct platform_driver mxsfb_driver = {
       },
 };

-module_platform_driver(mxsfb_devtype);
+module_platform_driver(mxsfb_driver);

 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Freescale mxs framebuffer driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sascha Hauer, Pengutronix");
--
1.7.6.4
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