Re: [PATCH 1/9] devres: WARN() and return, don't crash on device_del()of uninitialized device

[Tejun Heo]

Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I just debugged an obscure crash caused by a device_del() of a all NULL'd
> out struct device (in usb-serial) and found that a patch like this one would
> have saved me time (in addition to improved chances of a bug report from
> users hitting similar driver bugs).
> 
> [akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: cleanup]
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

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tejun
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