RE: Null pointer deref with stable kernel 3.0.y - powerpc - fsl-mph-dr

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> 
> I bisected and commit d39514c done as part of 3.0.27 seems to be the
> culprit:
> 
>    usb: Fix build error due to dma_mask is not at pdev_archdata at ARM
> 
> It is mentioned in the commit text that the removed line really should
> not be needed sine that is doen in function arch_setup_pdev_archdata in
> arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c. This function does not exist in
> 3.0.y and thus the required work has never been done, and we get a Null
> pointer deref instead.
> 
> I am not sure if this commit should be reverted or if powerpc should be
> fixed somehow.
> 
I am sorry to make you trouble. According to your words, this fix should not
go 3.x stable tree, as it relates some code which checked in after 3.0.27. 

> --
> 	Lgb


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