On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:51:27 -0500
Jeff Garzik [off-list ref] wrote:

Tejun Heo wrote:

quoted

ata_host_release() uses drvdata to determine ata_host to release and
clearing drvdata in ->remove_one causes NULL pointer deference.  Clear
drvdata only in ata_host_release() after all resources are freed.

This bug was first analyzed by Alan Cox for pata_pcmcia.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <redacted>
Cc: Alan Cox <redacted>
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Alan, this is the bug you talked about, right?  I took the fix from
"[BUG] PATA_PCMCIA does not work" and expanded it.  If this isn't the
one, please let me know.  Thanks.

Has a tester confirmed that this patch fixes the problem, and supercedes 
Alan's patch?

It doesn't appear to, instead it fixes further cases.