On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:05:20 +0200 Florian Mickler <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > dvb_usb_device_init calls the frontend_attach method of this driver which > uses vp7045_usb_ob. In order to have a buffer ready in vp7045_usb_op, it has to > be allocated before that happens. > > Luckily we can use the whole private data as the buffer as it gets separately > allocated on the heap via kzalloc in dvb_usb_device_init and is thus apt for > use via usb_control_msg. > > This fixes a > BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000000001e78 > > reported by Tino Keitel and diagnosed by Dan Carpenter. > > References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40062 > Cc: v3.0.y <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@xxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx> ...ping... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
