On 11-02-06 03:39 PM, Mark Lord wrote: > The lirc_serial.c module has never worked with ordinary homebrew > serial blaster hardware, and leaks memory when this is attempted. > > Fix it by replacing incorrect usage of PTR_ERR() with IS_ERR(). > (patch is inline and also attached to bypass mailer issues). > > Signed-off-by: Mark Lord > > --- linux-2.6.37/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_serial.c 2011-01-04 > 19:50:19.000000000 -0500 > +++ linux/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_serial.c 2011-02-06 15:33:49.854453928 -0500 > @@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ > if (n % sizeof(int) || count % 2 == 0) > return -EINVAL; > wbuf = memdup_user(buf, n); > - if (PTR_ERR(wbuf)) > + if (IS_ERR(wbuf)) > return PTR_ERR(wbuf); > spin_lock_irqsave(&hardware[type].lock, flags); > if (type == LIRC_IRDEO) { Anyone out there? Greg?