Bug 13872 - cpufreq bug (null pointer dereference)
Summary: cpufreq bug (null pointer dereference)
Status: CLOSED CODE_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Power Management
Classification: Unclassified
Component: cpufreq (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 normal
Assignee: cpufreq
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Blocks: 13615
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Reported: 2009-07-29 21:53 UTC by Rafael J. Wysocki
Modified: 2009-08-05 11:40 UTC (History)
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Kernel Version: 2.6.31-rc3
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Regression: Yes
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Description Rafael J. Wysocki 2009-07-29 21:53:27 UTC 
Subject    : 2.6.31-rc3 cpufreq bug (null pointer dereference)
Submitter  : Christophe Lermytte <christophe.lermytte@thomson.net>
Date       : 2009-07-21 22:07
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124820689011112&w=4
Handled-By : "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Patch      : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/38229/

This entry is being used for tracking a regression from 2.6.30.  Please don't
close it until the problem is fixed in the mainline.

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commit ee88415caf736b89500f16e0a545614541a45005
Author: venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Date:   Thu Jul 2 17:08:33 2009 -0700

    [CPUFREQ] Cleanup locking in conservative governor

    Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>

First-Bad-Commit : ee88415caf736b89500f16e0a545614541a45005
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