Patch "toshiba_acpi: Initialize hotkey_event_type variable" has been added to the 4.3-stable tree
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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
toshiba_acpi: Initialize hotkey_event_type variable
to the 4.3-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
toshiba_acpi-initialize-hotkey_event_type-variable.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.3 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.
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d2f20619942fe4618160a7fa3dbdcbac335cff59Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Azael Avalos <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 09:28:26 -0700
Subject: toshiba_acpi: Initialize hotkey_event_type variable
From: Azael Avalos <[email protected]>
commit d2f20619942fe4618160a7fa3dbdcbac335cff59 upstream.
Commit 53147b6cabee5e8d1997b5682fcc0c3b72ddf9c2 ("toshiba_acpi: Fix hotkeys registration on some toshiba models") fixed an issue on some laptops regarding hotkeys registration, however, if failed to address the initialization of the hotkey_event_type variable, and thus, it can lead to potential unwanted effects as the variable is being checked.
This patch initializes such variable to avoid such unwanted effects.
--- drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c +1 -0
@@ -2676,6 +2676,7 @@ static int toshiba_acpi_add(struct acpi_ ret =toshiba_function_keys_get (dev, &special_functions); dev->kbd_function_keys_supported = !ret; + dev->hotkey_event_type =0 ;if (toshiba_acpi_setup_keyboard (dev))pr_info ("Unable to activate hotkeys\n" );
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are
queue-4.3/toshiba_acpi-initialize-hotkey_event_type-variable.patch