Amit Shah <amit.s...@redhat.com> writes:
> On (Mon) 04 Feb 2013 [10:09:05], Rusty Russell wrote:
>> Amit Shah <amit.s...@redhat.com> writes:
>> > On (Thu) 17 Jan 2013 [13:21:32], sjur.brandel...@stericsson.com wrote:
>> >> From: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandel...@stericsson.com>
>> >>
>> >> Don't access uninitialized work-queue when removing device.
>> >> The work queue is initialized only if the device multi-queue.
>> >> So don't call cancel_work unless this is a multi-queue device.
>> >>
>> >> This fixes the following panic:
>> >
>> > [snip]
>> >
>> >> Signed-off-by: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandel...@stericsson.com>
>> >
>> > Acked-by: Amit Shah <amit.s...@redhat.com>
>> >
>> >> This fix is intended of v3.8.
>> >
>> > Should also be CC'ed to stable@
...
>> I've already sent it to Linus. Sjur said: "This fix is intended of
>> v3.8.". If it needs to be in -stable, please tell me and I'll fwd it
>> manually.
>
> This can result in a panic when removing the device or module (when
> not using multiport). I'd vote for submitting to stable.
>
> Amit
OK stable, please cherry-pick from Linus' tree:
commit b26ada9abe26290b1dcd06075935b977548c50db
Author: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandel...@stericsson.com>
Date: Tue Jan 22 09:50:26 2013 +1030
virtio_console: Don't access uninitialized data.
Thanks,
Rusty.
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