On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 12:36:03PM +0100, Radim Pavlik wrote: > gpio_hog is trying to use gpio functions during probe call. > At that time we dont have initialized port data which are dereferenced > via assigned gpio.direction_input/output functions. > This results in unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference > followed by Kernel panic. > This patch prevents that. > > Due to changed order of initialization 'port' before 'gpio controller' > was also changed error path which resulted in removed label. > > No fixes tag because patch spans across multiple patches. Then list the individual patches please. Or at least give us a chance to know how far back to backport this to stable kernels. thanks, greg k-h