>diff -r ac486e270597 -r abd89292c539 drivers/acpi/osl.c >--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c Sat Mar 18 08:35:34 2006 -0500 >+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c Thu Mar 30 10:59:57 2006 -0500 >@@ -634,6 +634,8 @@ static void acpi_os_execute_deferred(voi > return_VOID; > } > >+extern int acpi_in_suspend; >+ > acpi_status > acpi_os_queue_for_execution(u32 priority, > acpi_osd_exec_callback function, >void *context) >@@ -643,6 +645,8 @@ acpi_os_queue_for_execution(u32 priority > struct work_struct *task; > > ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("os_queue_for_execution"); >+ if (acpi_in_suspend) /* in case kacpid is causing >the queue */ >+ return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK); The request will be dropped silently , So, it sounds ugly. At least, you need to put some warning here. The long-term solution is to fix the invoker to NOT ask kacpid to invoke AML methods during suspend-resume period. > > ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_EXEC, > "Scheduling function [%p(%p)] for >deferred execution.\n", >diff -r ac486e270597 -r abd89292c539 drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c >--- a/drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c Sat Mar 18 08:35:34 2006 -0500 >+++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c Thu Mar 30 10:59:57 2006 -0500 >@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ > #include <acpi/acpi_drivers.h> > #include "sleep.h" > >+/* for functions putting machine to sleep to know that we're >+ suspending, so that they can careful about what AML methods they >+ invoke (to avoid trying untested BIOS code paths) */ >+int acpi_in_suspend; >+EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_in_suspend); >+ > u8 sleep_states[ACPI_S_STATE_COUNT]; > > static struct pm_ops acpi_pm_ops; >@@ -55,6 +61,8 @@ static int acpi_pm_prepare(suspend_state > printk("acpi_pm_prepare does not support %d >\n", pm_state); > return -EPERM; > } >+ acpi_os_wait_events_complete(NULL); >+ acpi_in_suspend = TRUE; > return acpi_sleep_prepare(acpi_state); There is race condition here. Probably, it should be : acpi_in_suspend = TURE; acpi_os_wait_events_complete(NULL); > } > >@@ -132,6 +140,7 @@ static int acpi_pm_finish(suspend_state_ > u32 acpi_state = acpi_suspend_states[pm_state]; > > acpi_leave_sleep_state(acpi_state); >+ acpi_in_suspend = FALSE; > acpi_disable_wakeup_device(acpi_state); > > /* reset firmware waking vector */ >diff -r ac486e270597 -r abd89292c539 drivers/acpi/thermal.c >--- a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c Sat Mar 18 08:35:34 2006 -0500 >+++ b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c Thu Mar 30 10:59:57 2006 -0500 >@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ static int tzp; > static int tzp; > module_param(tzp, int, 0); > MODULE_PARM_DESC(tzp, "Thermal zone polling frequency, in >1/10 seconds.\n"); >+ >+extern int acpi_in_suspend; > > static int acpi_thermal_add(struct acpi_device *device); > static int acpi_thermal_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type); >@@ -683,6 +685,8 @@ static void acpi_thermal_run(unsigned lo > static void acpi_thermal_run(unsigned long data) > { > struct acpi_thermal *tz = (struct acpi_thermal *)data; >+ if (acpi_in_suspend) /* thermal methods might cause a hang */ >+ return_VOID; /* so don't do them */ If you fixed kacpid, then this part could be removed. > if (!tz->zombie) > acpi_os_queue_for_execution(OSD_PRIORITY_GPE, > acpi_thermal_check, >(void *)data); >@@ -705,6 +709,8 @@ static void acpi_thermal_check(void *dat > > state = tz->state; > >+ if (acpi_in_suspend) >+ return_VOID; Could it cause trouble to caller? > result = acpi_thermal_get_temperature(tz); > if (result) > return_VOID; >@@ -1224,6 +1230,9 @@ static void acpi_thermal_notify(acpi_han > struct acpi_device *device = NULL; > > ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("acpi_thermal_notify"); >+ >+ if (acpi_in_suspend) /* thermal methods might cause a hang */ >+ return_VOID; /* so don't do them */ Could it cause trouble to caller? > > if (!tz) > return_VOID; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html