From: John Stultz Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 00:24:27 +0000 (-0700) Subject: rtc: m41t80: Initialize clientdata before registering device X-Git-Tag: v2.6.39~14^2~1^2~6 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a015dbc110a97ed3147546a9c914f18f71d798d0;p=pandora-kernel.git rtc: m41t80: Initialize clientdata before registering device Commit f44f7f96a20 ("RTC: Initialize kernel state from RTC") uncovered an issue in a number of RTC drivers, where the drivers call rtc_device_register before initializing the clientdata. This frequently results in null pointer dereferences when the rtc_device_register immediately makes use of the rtc device, calling rtc_read_alarm. The solution is to ensure the clientdata is initialized prior to registering the rtc device. CC: Wolfram Sang CC: Alessandro Zummo CC: Thomas Gleixner CC: rtc-linux@googlegroups.com Signed-off-by: John Stultz --- Reading git-diff-tree failed