Re: [appleir] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

From: Luis Henriques
Date: Fri Nov 22 2013 - 07:53:08 EST


On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 01:39:47PM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Nov 2013, Luis Henriques wrote:
>
> > > > Sorry for the delays in testing out the patch. I have tried a kernel
> > > > with the patch applied, and can no longer reproduce the oops. The
> > > > hid-appleir driver appears to be working correctly, generating key
> > > > press events in response to the remote, and LIRC functions correctly
> > > > via hiddev.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the everyone's help with this.
> > >
> > > Applied, thanks.
> >
> > Hi Jiri,
> >
> > Since this fixes an issue in a 3.11 kernel, could you please tag this
> > commit for stable>=3.11? If its too late, I can send the request to
> > stable@ once this patch is merged.
>
> Thanks for noticing. It's too late to add the tag, so if you submit it to
> -stable once it's in Linus' tree, I'll appreciate it; otherwise I'll try
> to remember to do that myself.

Sure, no problem. I'll keep an eye on this.

Cheers,
--
Luis
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