Bug#717473: BUG: Null pointer deref in amd64_edac_mod/amd64_probe_one_instance during boot

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:39:11AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:24:17PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
> > I've tested it against 3.10 and I can confirm that it works.  I've
> > booted the system with the DRAM on the same channel, and on
> > separate channels, and it's working without problems in both cases.
> 
> That's good news, thanks for testing and helping with this Roger.
> 
> I'll add your Tested-by and queue it for 3.12 (i.e., I don't see it
> being urgent enough to rush it to -stable since your dual-channel layout
> takes care of the issue indirectly).

This is absolutely stable material.  Most of the people affected are
not going to work out that they plugged their memory in wrong.  (And
maybe some of them only have one module.)

Ben.

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