From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758289AbZFRWK3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:10:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753350AbZFRWKW (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:10:22 -0400 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:44938 "EHLO out1.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752691AbZFRWKW (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:10:22 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: g7efV93taiqlZMZsC2hRfIVfMHOAWTjcwkgWZTBjxxzN 1245363023 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:10:20 -0300 From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh To: Joerg Platte Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6.30] Kernel bug with dock driver Message-ID: <20090618221020.GA2979@khazad-dum.debian.net> References: <200906142100.48621.jplatte@naasa.net> <200906161125.00685.jplatte@naasa.net> <20090617123440.GA400@khazad-dum.debian.net> <200906182322.54566.jplatte@naasa.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200906182322.54566.jplatte@naasa.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1024D/1CDB0FE3 5422 5C61 F6B7 06FB 7E04 3738 EE25 DE3F 1CDB 0FE3 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, Joerg Platte wrote: > Am Wednesday, 17. June 2009 schrieb Henrique de Moraes Holschuh: > > If it causes a NULL derreference, it means someone has changed API and did > > NOT change all callsites. It is that simple. > > > thinkpad_acpi: dev_name() is returning NULL There it is. "Someone set us up the bomb." > Hope it helps... Yes, it does. Thank you. Now at least I know what to look for. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh