Subject: + init-do_mounts_rdc-fix-null-pointer-dereference-while-loading-initramfs-fix.patch added to -mm tree
To: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,prasad@xxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:48:58 -0700
The patch titled
Subject: init-do_mounts_rdc-fix-null-pointer-dereference-while-loading-initramfs-fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
init-do_mounts_rdc-fix-null-pointer-dereference-while-loading-initramfs-fix.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/init-do_mounts_rdc-fix-null-pointer-dereference-while-loading-initramfs-fix.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/init-do_mounts_rdc-fix-null-pointer-dereference-while-loading-initramfs-fix.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: init-do_mounts_rdc-fix-null-pointer-dereference-while-loading-initramfs-fix
mention that the problem is with the ramdisk, don't print known-to-be-NULL value
Cc: P J P <prasad@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
init/do_mounts_rd.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN init/do_mounts_rd.c~init-do_mounts_rdc-fix-null-pointer-dereference-while-loading-initramfs-fix init/do_mounts_rd.c
--- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c~init-do_mounts_rdc-fix-null-pointer-dereference-while-loading-initramfs-fix
+++ a/init/do_mounts_rd.c
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ static int __init crd_load(int in_fd, in
crd_outfd = out_fd;
if (!deco) {
- pr_emerg("Invalid decompression routine: %p; "
- "Select appropriate config option.\n", deco);
+ pr_emerg("Invalid ramdisk decompression routine. "
+ "Select appropriate config option.\n");
panic("Could not decompress initial ramdisk image.");
}
_
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