Null pointer dereference fix for IR code

[Leann Ogasawara]

On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 17:57 -0700, Brian Rogers wrote:
> Please take a look at this bug report:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/624701
> 
> The commit 'UBUNTU: SAUCE: Update ir-core to linuxtv/other which should 
> be merged for 2.6.36' has introduced a regression from 2.6.36-rc1 into 
> Maverick's kernel. The effects of the bug are that LIRC crashes, the 
> kernel produces a NULL pointer dereference oops message, and the remote 
> for my tuner doesn't work.
> 
> I produced a patch to fix this and sent it upstream for inclusion in 
> 2.6.36, see here:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.input/13386/focus=15312
> 
> Can I get this patch into Maverick before the kernel freeze?

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the patch, looks sensible.  It appears Jarod Wilson has also
Acked the patch [1].  Unfortunately, we've already uploaded our final
Maverick kernels and the entire archive officially freezes in an hour.
Should a last minute upload be required before Maverick officially
releases, this would likely get included.  However, at the very least, I
think this does qualify for a Maverick kernel SRU (stable release
update) so I'm therefore providing my Ack for the SRU.  I've also gone
ahead and updated the bug description to add the SRU justification.

Acked-by: Leann Ogasawara <leann.ogasawara at canonical.com>

Thanks,
Leann

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/182522/