- be-a-bit-defensive-in-quirk_nvidia_ck804-so-we-dont-risk-dereferencing-a-null-pdev.patch removed from -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Be a bit defensive in quirk_nvidia_ck804() so we don't risk dereferencing a NULL pdev.
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     be-a-bit-defensive-in-quirk_nvidia_ck804-so-we-dont-risk-dereferencing-a-null-pdev.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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Subject: Be a bit defensive in quirk_nvidia_ck804() so we don't risk dereferencing a NULL pdev.
From: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx>

pci_get_slot() may return NULL if nothing was found.  quirk_nvidia_ck804()
does not check the value returned from pci_get_slot(), so it may end up
causing a NULL pointer deref.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/pci/quirks.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff -puN drivers/pci/quirks.c~be-a-bit-defensive-in-quirk_nvidia_ck804-so-we-dont-risk-dereferencing-a-null-pdev drivers/pci/quirks.c
--- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c~be-a-bit-defensive-in-quirk_nvidia_ck804-so-we-dont-risk-dereferencing-a-null-pdev
+++ a/drivers/pci/quirks.c
@@ -1743,6 +1743,8 @@ static void __devinit quirk_nvidia_ck804
 	 * a single one having MSI is enough to be sure that MSI are supported.
 	 */
 	pdev = pci_get_slot(dev->bus, 0);
+	if (!pdev)
+		return;
 	if (!msi_ht_cap_enabled(dev) && !msi_ht_cap_enabled(pdev)) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "PCI: MSI quirk detected. "
 		       "MSI disabled on chipset %s.\n",
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
git-acpi.patch
nfs-kill-obsolete-nfs_paranoia.patch
debug-shared-irqs.patch

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