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+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;
+
+--
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