Re: [PATCH] panic_blink and i8042 unloading

[Andi Kleen]

On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 01:34:31AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At unload i8042 sets panic_blink to 0. This will cause problems if kernel
> panics later as it will just use it assuming that the pointer is correct.
> 
> Please consider the patch below that checks if panic_blink is NULL right
> in panic() and sets it to no_blink instead.

Thanks, looks good.

-Andi
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