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Re: [PATCH v3] gpio: sch: Fix Oops on module load on Asus Eee PC 1201

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On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 8:05 PM, Colin Pitrat <colin.pitrat@gmail.com> wrote:

> This fixes the issue descirbe in bug 117531
> (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117531).
> It's a regression introduced in linux 4.5 that causes a Oops at load of
> gpio_sch and prevents powering off the computer.
>
> The issue is that sch_gpio_reg_set is called in sch_gpio_probe before
> gpio_chip data is initialized with the pointer to the sch_gpio struct. As
> sch_gpio_reg_set calls gpiochip_get_data, it returns NULL which causes
> the Oops.
>
> The patch follows Mika's advice (https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/9/61) and
> consists in modifying sch_gpio_reg_get and sch_gpio_reg_set to take a
> sch_gpio struct directly instead of a gpio_chip, which avoids the call to
> gpiochip_get_data.
>
> Thanks Mika for your patience with me :-)
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Pitrat <colin.pitrat@gmail.com>

Patch applied for fixes with Alex' and Mika's ACK.

I will add some stable tags as well.

Yours,
Linus Walleij

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[PATCH v3] gpio: sch: Fix Oops on module load on Asus Eee PC 1201 Colin Pitrat <colin.pitrat@gmail.com> - 2016-06-18 20:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v3] gpio: sch: Fix Oops on module load on Asus Eee PC 1201 Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@gmail.com> - 2016-06-19 09:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v3] gpio: sch: Fix Oops on module load on Asus Eee PC 1201 Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2016-06-20 09:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v3] gpio: sch: Fix Oops on module load on Asus Eee PC 1201 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> - 2016-06-23 10:10 +0200

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