Re: Linux 4.5-rc2

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Feb 01 2016 - 15:46:11 EST


On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Heinz Diehl <htd+ml@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Still, some Asus laptops are hanging at boot-time, both with latest
> -stable and 4.5-rc1/rc2:
>
> [ 4.056862] asus_laptop: model detected
> [ 4.058731] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000e20
> [ 4.060018] IP: [<ffffffffc03d3423>] asus_sysfs_is_visible+0x13/0x1d0 [asus_laptop]
>
> The bug is also reported here:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110751
>
> This patch fixes the problem (both for me and others):
>
> [ https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/552082/ ]

Greg, do you have that pending, or should I just apply it directly?

Linus