commit 615cd3fe6ccc ("[media] media: lirc_dev: make better use of file->private_data") removed the reference get from open, so on the first close the reference count hits zero and the lirc device is freed.
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000040 IP: lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] PGD 22d69c067 P4D 22d69c067 PUD 22d69d067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 2 PID: 701 Comm: zilog-rx-i2c-7 Tainted: P C OE 4.15.14-300.fc27.x86_64 #1 Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA790FXT-UD5P/GA-MA790FXT-UD5P, BIOS F6 08/06/2009 RIP: 0010:lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] RSP: 0018:ffffb482c131be98 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8fdabf056000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: 0000000000000246 RBP: ffff8fdab740af00 R08: ffff8fdacfd214a0 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000040 R12: ffffb482c10dba48 R13: ffff8fdabea89e00 R14: ffff8fdab740af00 R15: ffffffffc0b5e500 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8fdacfd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000040 CR3: 00000002124c0000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Call Trace: ? __schedule+0x247/0x880 ? get_ir_tx+0x40/0x40 [lirc_zilog] kthread+0x113/0x130 ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70 ? do_syscall_64+0x74/0x180 ? SyS_exit_group+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x40 Code: 20 8b 85 80 00 00 00 85 c0 0f 84 a6 00 00 00 bf 04 01 00 00 e8 ee 34 d4 d7 e8 69 88 56 d7 84 c0 75 69 48 8b 45 18 c6 44 24 37 00 <48> 8b 58 40 4c 8d 6b 18 4c 89 ef e8 fc 4d d4 d7 4c 89 ef 48 89 RIP: lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] RSP: ffffb482c131be98 CR2: 0000000000000040 This code has been replaced completely in kernel v4.16 by a new driver, see commit acaa34bf06e9 ("media: rc: implement zilog transmitter"), and commit f95367a7b758 ("media: staging: remove lirc_zilog driver").
Fixes: 615cd3fe6ccc ("[media] media: lirc_dev: make better use of file->private_data")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.15 Reported-by: Warren Sturm warren.sturm@gmail.com Tested-by: Warren Sturm warren.sturm@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Sean Young sean@mess.org --- drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c index 6bd0717bf76e..bf6869e48a0f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c @@ -1291,6 +1291,7 @@ static int open(struct inode *node, struct file *filep)
lirc_init_pdata(node, filep); ir = lirc_get_pdata(filep); + get_ir_device(ir, false);
atomic_inc(&ir->open_count);
On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 10:54:20AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
commit 615cd3fe6ccc ("[media] media: lirc_dev: make better use of file->private_data") removed the reference get from open, so on the first close the reference count hits zero and the lirc device is freed.
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000040 IP: lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] PGD 22d69c067 P4D 22d69c067 PUD 22d69d067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 2 PID: 701 Comm: zilog-rx-i2c-7 Tainted: P C OE 4.15.14-300.fc27.x86_64 #1 Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA790FXT-UD5P/GA-MA790FXT-UD5P, BIOS F6 08/06/2009 RIP: 0010:lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] RSP: 0018:ffffb482c131be98 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8fdabf056000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: 0000000000000246 RBP: ffff8fdab740af00 R08: ffff8fdacfd214a0 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000040 R12: ffffb482c10dba48 R13: ffff8fdabea89e00 R14: ffff8fdab740af00 R15: ffffffffc0b5e500 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8fdacfd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000040 CR3: 00000002124c0000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Call Trace: ? __schedule+0x247/0x880 ? get_ir_tx+0x40/0x40 [lirc_zilog] kthread+0x113/0x130 ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70 ? do_syscall_64+0x74/0x180 ? SyS_exit_group+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x40 Code: 20 8b 85 80 00 00 00 85 c0 0f 84 a6 00 00 00 bf 04 01 00 00 e8 ee 34 d4 d7 e8 69 88 56 d7 84 c0 75 69 48 8b 45 18 c6 44 24 37 00 <48> 8b 58 40 4c 8d 6b 18 4c 89 ef e8 fc 4d d4 d7 4c 89 ef 48 89 RIP: lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] RSP: ffffb482c131be98 CR2: 0000000000000040 This code has been replaced completely in kernel v4.16 by a new driver, see commit acaa34bf06e9 ("media: rc: implement zilog transmitter"), and commit f95367a7b758 ("media: staging: remove lirc_zilog driver").
Fixes: 615cd3fe6ccc ("[media] media: lirc_dev: make better use of file->private_data")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.15 Reported-by: Warren Sturm warren.sturm@gmail.com Tested-by: Warren Sturm warren.sturm@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Sean Young sean@mess.org
drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c index 6bd0717bf76e..bf6869e48a0f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c @@ -1291,6 +1291,7 @@ static int open(struct inode *node, struct file *filep) lirc_init_pdata(node, filep); ir = lirc_get_pdata(filep);
- get_ir_device(ir, false);
atomic_inc(&ir->open_count); -- 2.14.3
What is the git commit id of this patch, and the other patches in this series and the 4.14 patch series that you sent out?
Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this in a way that I can pick them up.
thanks,
greg k-h
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:52:28AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 10:54:20AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
commit 615cd3fe6ccc ("[media] media: lirc_dev: make better use of file->private_data") removed the reference get from open, so on the first close the reference count hits zero and the lirc device is freed.
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000040 IP: lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] PGD 22d69c067 P4D 22d69c067 PUD 22d69d067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 2 PID: 701 Comm: zilog-rx-i2c-7 Tainted: P C OE 4.15.14-300.fc27.x86_64 #1 Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA790FXT-UD5P/GA-MA790FXT-UD5P, BIOS F6 08/06/2009 RIP: 0010:lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] RSP: 0018:ffffb482c131be98 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8fdabf056000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: 0000000000000246 RBP: ffff8fdab740af00 R08: ffff8fdacfd214a0 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000040 R12: ffffb482c10dba48 R13: ffff8fdabea89e00 R14: ffff8fdab740af00 R15: ffffffffc0b5e500 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8fdacfd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000040 CR3: 00000002124c0000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Call Trace: ? __schedule+0x247/0x880 ? get_ir_tx+0x40/0x40 [lirc_zilog] kthread+0x113/0x130 ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70 ? do_syscall_64+0x74/0x180 ? SyS_exit_group+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x40 Code: 20 8b 85 80 00 00 00 85 c0 0f 84 a6 00 00 00 bf 04 01 00 00 e8 ee 34 d4 d7 e8 69 88 56 d7 84 c0 75 69 48 8b 45 18 c6 44 24 37 00 <48> 8b 58 40 4c 8d 6b 18 4c 89 ef e8 fc 4d d4 d7 4c 89 ef 48 89 RIP: lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] RSP: ffffb482c131be98 CR2: 0000000000000040 This code has been replaced completely in kernel v4.16 by a new driver, see commit acaa34bf06e9 ("media: rc: implement zilog transmitter"), and commit f95367a7b758 ("media: staging: remove lirc_zilog driver").
Fixes: 615cd3fe6ccc ("[media] media: lirc_dev: make better use of file->private_data")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.15 Reported-by: Warren Sturm warren.sturm@gmail.com Tested-by: Warren Sturm warren.sturm@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Sean Young sean@mess.org
drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c index 6bd0717bf76e..bf6869e48a0f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c @@ -1291,6 +1291,7 @@ static int open(struct inode *node, struct file *filep) lirc_init_pdata(node, filep); ir = lirc_get_pdata(filep);
- get_ir_device(ir, false);
atomic_inc(&ir->open_count); -- 2.14.3
What is the git commit id of this patch, and the other patches in this series and the 4.14 patch series that you sent out?
lirc_zilog was dropped in v4.16, so this can't be patched upstream.
Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this in a way that I can pick them up.
These patches have been tested with different types of hardware. Is there anything else I can do to get these patches included?
Thanks,
Sean
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:43:45AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:52:28AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 10:54:20AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
commit 615cd3fe6ccc ("[media] media: lirc_dev: make better use of file->private_data") removed the reference get from open, so on the first close the reference count hits zero and the lirc device is freed.
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000040 IP: lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] PGD 22d69c067 P4D 22d69c067 PUD 22d69d067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 2 PID: 701 Comm: zilog-rx-i2c-7 Tainted: P C OE 4.15.14-300.fc27.x86_64 #1 Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA790FXT-UD5P/GA-MA790FXT-UD5P, BIOS F6 08/06/2009 RIP: 0010:lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] RSP: 0018:ffffb482c131be98 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8fdabf056000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: 0000000000000246 RBP: ffff8fdab740af00 R08: ffff8fdacfd214a0 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000040 R12: ffffb482c10dba48 R13: ffff8fdabea89e00 R14: ffff8fdab740af00 R15: ffffffffc0b5e500 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8fdacfd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000040 CR3: 00000002124c0000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Call Trace: ? __schedule+0x247/0x880 ? get_ir_tx+0x40/0x40 [lirc_zilog] kthread+0x113/0x130 ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70 ? do_syscall_64+0x74/0x180 ? SyS_exit_group+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x40 Code: 20 8b 85 80 00 00 00 85 c0 0f 84 a6 00 00 00 bf 04 01 00 00 e8 ee 34 d4 d7 e8 69 88 56 d7 84 c0 75 69 48 8b 45 18 c6 44 24 37 00 <48> 8b 58 40 4c 8d 6b 18 4c 89 ef e8 fc 4d d4 d7 4c 89 ef 48 89 RIP: lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] RSP: ffffb482c131be98 CR2: 0000000000000040 This code has been replaced completely in kernel v4.16 by a new driver, see commit acaa34bf06e9 ("media: rc: implement zilog transmitter"), and commit f95367a7b758 ("media: staging: remove lirc_zilog driver").
Fixes: 615cd3fe6ccc ("[media] media: lirc_dev: make better use of file->private_data")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.15 Reported-by: Warren Sturm warren.sturm@gmail.com Tested-by: Warren Sturm warren.sturm@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Sean Young sean@mess.org
drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c index 6bd0717bf76e..bf6869e48a0f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c @@ -1291,6 +1291,7 @@ static int open(struct inode *node, struct file *filep) lirc_init_pdata(node, filep); ir = lirc_get_pdata(filep);
- get_ir_device(ir, false);
atomic_inc(&ir->open_count); -- 2.14.3
What is the git commit id of this patch, and the other patches in this series and the 4.14 patch series that you sent out?
lirc_zilog was dropped in v4.16, so this can't be patched upstream.
Ah you are right, should we just ditch them here as well as they obviously do not work? :)
Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this in a way that I can pick them up.
These patches have been tested with different types of hardware. Is there anything else I can do to get these patches included?
When submitting patches to stable, you need to be explicit as to why they are needed, and if they are not upstream, why not.
In this case, for obviously broken code that is not used anymore (as it is gone in 4.16), why don't we just take the patch that removed the driver to the stable trees as well?
thanks,
greg k-h
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:50:15AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:43:45AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:52:28AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
What is the git commit id of this patch, and the other patches in this series and the 4.14 patch series that you sent out?
lirc_zilog was dropped in v4.16, so this can't be patched upstream.
Ah you are right, should we just ditch them here as well as they obviously do not work? :)
Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this in a way that I can pick them up.
These patches have been tested with different types of hardware. Is there anything else I can do to get these patches included?
When submitting patches to stable, you need to be explicit as to why they are needed, and if they are not upstream, why not.
In this case, for obviously broken code that is not used anymore (as it is gone in 4.16), why don't we just take the patch that removed the driver to the stable trees as well?
Well in v4.16 the ir-kbd-i2c.c driver can do what the lirc_zilog does in v4.15 (and earlier), so it wasn't ditched as such. It's a case of replaced by mainline.
Since I was getting bug reports on it, there must be users of the lirc_zilog driver.
That being said, the old lirc_dev and lirc_zilog is pretty awful code.
Sean
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:15:28AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:50:15AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:43:45AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:52:28AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
What is the git commit id of this patch, and the other patches in this series and the 4.14 patch series that you sent out?
lirc_zilog was dropped in v4.16, so this can't be patched upstream.
Ah you are right, should we just ditch them here as well as they obviously do not work? :)
Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this in a way that I can pick them up.
These patches have been tested with different types of hardware. Is there anything else I can do to get these patches included?
When submitting patches to stable, you need to be explicit as to why they are needed, and if they are not upstream, why not.
In this case, for obviously broken code that is not used anymore (as it is gone in 4.16), why don't we just take the patch that removed the driver to the stable trees as well?
Well in v4.16 the ir-kbd-i2c.c driver can do what the lirc_zilog does in v4.15 (and earlier), so it wasn't ditched as such. It's a case of replaced by mainline.
Since I was getting bug reports on it, there must be users of the lirc_zilog driver.
That being said, the old lirc_dev and lirc_zilog is pretty awful code.
Ok, I've queued these up for 4.14.y now. 4.15 is end-of-life, so I can't apply these patches there, sorry.
greg k-h
On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 11:47:51AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:15:28AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:50:15AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:43:45AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:52:28AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
What is the git commit id of this patch, and the other patches in this series and the 4.14 patch series that you sent out?
lirc_zilog was dropped in v4.16, so this can't be patched upstream.
Ah you are right, should we just ditch them here as well as they obviously do not work? :)
Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this in a way that I can pick them up.
These patches have been tested with different types of hardware. Is there anything else I can do to get these patches included?
When submitting patches to stable, you need to be explicit as to why they are needed, and if they are not upstream, why not.
In this case, for obviously broken code that is not used anymore (as it is gone in 4.16), why don't we just take the patch that removed the driver to the stable trees as well?
Well in v4.16 the ir-kbd-i2c.c driver can do what the lirc_zilog does in v4.15 (and earlier), so it wasn't ditched as such. It's a case of replaced by mainline.
Since I was getting bug reports on it, there must be users of the lirc_zilog driver.
That being said, the old lirc_dev and lirc_zilog is pretty awful code.
Ok, I've queued these up for 4.14.y now. 4.15 is end-of-life, so I can't apply these patches there, sorry.
Ok, thanks.
I wonder why Ubuntu picked 4.15 as the kernel for their upcoming 18.04 LTS release.
Sean
Em Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:04:20 +0100 Sean Young sean@mess.org escreveu:
On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 11:47:51AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:15:28AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:50:15AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:43:45AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:52:28AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
What is the git commit id of this patch, and the other patches in this series and the 4.14 patch series that you sent out?
lirc_zilog was dropped in v4.16, so this can't be patched upstream.
Ah you are right, should we just ditch them here as well as they obviously do not work? :)
Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this in a way that I can pick them up.
These patches have been tested with different types of hardware. Is there anything else I can do to get these patches included?
When submitting patches to stable, you need to be explicit as to why they are needed, and if they are not upstream, why not.
In this case, for obviously broken code that is not used anymore (as it is gone in 4.16), why don't we just take the patch that removed the driver to the stable trees as well?
Well in v4.16 the ir-kbd-i2c.c driver can do what the lirc_zilog does in v4.15 (and earlier), so it wasn't ditched as such. It's a case of replaced by mainline.
Since I was getting bug reports on it, there must be users of the lirc_zilog driver.
That being said, the old lirc_dev and lirc_zilog is pretty awful code.
Ok, I've queued these up for 4.14.y now. 4.15 is end-of-life, so I can't apply these patches there, sorry.
Ok, thanks.
I wonder why Ubuntu picked 4.15 as the kernel for their upcoming 18.04 LTS release.
I've no idea. Maybe it might be due to spectre/meltdown? Anyway, they'll need to maintain it for a long time. So, I won't be surprised if they decide to take over LTS maintainership upstream. In the mean time, if the bug is seriously enough, you may consider sending them fixup patches directly, although I guess that they use a bugzilla instead for patches to the distro, with makes harder/painful to send them fixups.
The Ubuntu FAQ (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/FAQ) points to an IRC freenode channel (#ubuntu-kernel). Perhaps you could ping them there and ask them about that.
Thanks, Mauro
On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 07:34:22AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
Em Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:04:20 +0100 Sean Young sean@mess.org escreveu:
On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 11:47:51AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:15:28AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:50:15AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:43:45AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:52:28AM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > What is the git commit id of this patch, and the other patches in this > series and the 4.14 patch series that you sent out?
lirc_zilog was dropped in v4.16, so this can't be patched upstream.
Ah you are right, should we just ditch them here as well as they obviously do not work? :)
> Please read: > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html > for how to do this in a way that I can pick them up.
These patches have been tested with different types of hardware. Is there anything else I can do to get these patches included?
When submitting patches to stable, you need to be explicit as to why they are needed, and if they are not upstream, why not.
In this case, for obviously broken code that is not used anymore (as it is gone in 4.16), why don't we just take the patch that removed the driver to the stable trees as well?
Well in v4.16 the ir-kbd-i2c.c driver can do what the lirc_zilog does in v4.15 (and earlier), so it wasn't ditched as such. It's a case of replaced by mainline.
Since I was getting bug reports on it, there must be users of the lirc_zilog driver.
That being said, the old lirc_dev and lirc_zilog is pretty awful code.
Ok, I've queued these up for 4.14.y now. 4.15 is end-of-life, so I can't apply these patches there, sorry.
Ok, thanks.
I wonder why Ubuntu picked 4.15 as the kernel for their upcoming 18.04 LTS release.
I've no idea. Maybe it might be due to spectre/meltdown? Anyway, they'll need to maintain it for a long time. So, I won't be surprised if they decide to take over LTS maintainership upstream. In the mean time, if the bug is seriously enough, you may consider sending them fixup patches directly, although I guess that they use a bugzilla instead for patches to the distro, with makes harder/painful to send them fixups.
The Ubuntu FAQ (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/FAQ) points to an IRC freenode channel (#ubuntu-kernel). Perhaps you could ping them there and ask them about that.
Following their advice, I've resent the patches to kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com; I'm afraid stable got cc'ed again in the process, please ignore (sorry!)
Sean
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