> I would request you to add a comment here indicating the > hybrid case scenario to avoid any future cleanup type work > deciding there is no need to set priv->firmware to null > since priv gets released in hybrid_tuner_release_state(priv); No, I'm not going to rebase my tree and regenerate the patch just to add a comment explaining how hybrid_tuner_[request/release]_state() works (which, btw, is how it works in all hybrid tuner drivers). I already wasted enough of my time tracking down the source of the memory corruption and providing a fix for this regression. If you want to submit a subsequent patch with a comment, be my guest. Devin -- Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com -- 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