| Message ID | 1315721335-14236-1-git-send-email-ike.pan@canonical.com |
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| State | New |
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On 09/11/2011 12:08 AM, Ike Panhc wrote: > There is a bug which will cause kernel panic has been found[1] and the revised > patch is on mailing list[2]. > > In ideapad_backlight_notify_power() when acpi_backlight=video, blightdev is > NULL and kernel panic happen when driver tries to access it. The best way to > solve this is to check blightdev at the top of the function. > > Oneiric kernel will be freezed on September 15th and looks like this patch > will be merged into mainline after, but I strongly suggest to have this patch > before kernel freeze because this patch can prevent kernel panic when user hit > the backlight power hotkey. > > [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org/msg02340.html > > [2] http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org/msg02343.html > > > The following changes since commit 6242e334ff8a9f1651c2515535d98485e343dcb1: > > UBUNTU: Ubuntu-3.0.0-10.16 (2011-09-02 09:18:31 -0700) > > are available in the git repository at: > git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ikepanhc/public.git ideapad-for-oneiric-fix > > Rene Bolldorf (1): > ideapad: Check if acpi already handle backlight power in > 'ideapad_backlight_notify_power' to avoid a page fault > > drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c | 2 ++ > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >
There is a bug which will cause kernel panic has been found[1] and the revised patch is on mailing list[2]. In ideapad_backlight_notify_power() when acpi_backlight=video, blightdev is NULL and kernel panic happen when driver tries to access it. The best way to solve this is to check blightdev at the top of the function. Oneiric kernel will be freezed on September 15th and looks like this patch will be merged into mainline after, but I strongly suggest to have this patch before kernel freeze because this patch can prevent kernel panic when user hit the backlight power hotkey. [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org/msg02340.html [2] http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org/msg02343.html The following changes since commit 6242e334ff8a9f1651c2515535d98485e343dcb1: UBUNTU: Ubuntu-3.0.0-10.16 (2011-09-02 09:18:31 -0700) are available in the git repository at: git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ikepanhc/public.git ideapad-for-oneiric-fix Rene Bolldorf (1): ideapad: Check if acpi already handle backlight power in 'ideapad_backlight_notify_power' to avoid a page fault drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)