Re: [PATCH stable 3.4] intel_idle: Check cpu_idle_get_driver() for NULL before dereferencing it.

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Hey,

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:00:34PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> From: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Upstream commit: 3735d524da64b70b41c764359da36f88aded3610
>
> If the machine is booted without any cpu_idle driver set
> (b/c disable_cpuidle() has been called) we should follow
> other users of cpu_idle API and check the return value
> for NULL before using it.
>
> Reported-and-tested-by: Mark van Dijk <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>

Is it possible to make it part 3.4 too?
Should I fix something to do that?

Daniel
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