Re: [PATCH] libata: clear drvdata in ata_host_release()

[Jeff Garzik]

Tejun Heo wrote:
> 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 <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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?

	Jeff


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