This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
fbdev/ep93xx-fb: Do not assign to struct fb_info.dev
to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
fbdev-ep93xx-fb-do-not-assign-to-struct-fb_info.dev.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From f90a0e5265b60cdd3c77990e8105f79aa2fac994 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:06:49 +0200
Subject: fbdev/ep93xx-fb: Do not assign to struct fb_info.dev
From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
commit f90a0e5265b60cdd3c77990e8105f79aa2fac994 upstream.
Do not assing the Linux device to struct fb_info.dev. The call to
register_framebuffer() initializes the field to the fbdev device.
Drivers should not override its value.
Fixes a bug where the driver incorrectly decreases the hardware
device's reference counter and leaks the fbdev device.
v2:
* add Fixes tag (Dan)
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Fixes: 88017bda96a5 ("ep93xx video driver")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v2.6.32+
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20230613110953.24176-15-tzimmermann@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/ep93xx-fb.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/ep93xx-fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/ep93xx-fb.c
@@ -478,7 +478,6 @@ static int ep93xxfb_probe(struct platfor
if (!info)
return -ENOMEM;
- info->dev = &pdev->dev;
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, info);
fbi = info->par;
fbi->mach_info = mach_info;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tzimmermann@xxxxxxx are
queue-4.14/backlight-gpio_backlight-compare-against-struct-fb_info.device.patch
queue-4.14/fbdev-ep93xx-fb-do-not-assign-to-struct-fb_info.dev.patch
queue-4.14/backlight-lv5207lp-compare-against-struct-fb_info.device.patch
queue-4.14/backlight-bd6107-compare-against-struct-fb_info.device.patch
queue-4.14/drm-ast-fix-dram-init-on-ast2200.patch
