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authorroot <root@rshg054.dnsready.net>2012-02-13 23:15:14 +0000
committerroot <root@rshg054.dnsready.net>2012-02-13 23:15:14 +0000
commit16e845de1bbf76ab48a02bfaa21730f45e6afaaa (patch)
tree29a9ad28230397e62bdb0ab5cd970763a6033f69 /testing/xf86-input-acecad/assign-local-private-after-allocating.patch
parent0020cc650ff973f269f23332e82fc097254d0adc (diff)
Mon Feb 13 23:15:14 UTC 2012
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diff --git a/testing/xf86-input-acecad/assign-local-private-after-allocating.patch b/testing/xf86-input-acecad/assign-local-private-after-allocating.patch
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@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From ec2c4ead497133ef20d5ef5a9b481b38e1e0f7a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
+Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:13:54 +0000
+Subject: Assign local->private after allocating.
+
+It is detrimental to the user experience when the driver tries to derefernce
+null pointers.
+
+Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
+---
+diff --git a/src/acecad.c b/src/acecad.c
+index ad6d793..604fe91 100644
+--- a/src/acecad.c
++++ b/src/acecad.c
+@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ AceCadPreInit(InputDriverPtr drv, InputInfoPtr local, int flags)
+ return BadAlloc;
+
+ memset(priv, 0, sizeof(AceCadPrivateRec));
++ local->private = priv;
+
+ local->device_control = DeviceControl;
+
+--
+cgit v0.8.3-6-g21f6