Re: NULL pointer dereference when 'rmmod gpio_lynxpoint'

[Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@xxxxxxxxx>]

...resending it as a plain text


I tried to read the gpio handling code, but I do not see any obvious
reason for this "insert module" crash. And I had no time to do the
history bisect.

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 2:22 AM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I compiled lynx gpio into kernel instead of compiling it as a module.
>> And the system got more stable - I rebooted my devices ~50 times
>> already and I do not see the boot problem I had before. 'CONFIG_..=y'
>> definitely makes the situation better.
>>
>> As of bisecting - it will require time do find the commit. I might do
>> it if I find some spare time.
>
> If nothing else works I'm happy to accept a patch turning the
> driver into a bool and removing all module handling code.

Before doing this I would love to get some feedback from the driver
maintainer. Mathias, do you see this issue with the module?

Also I am going to change Arch Linux kernel config to compile this
driver as 'y'.
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