NAK, this patch hides, rather than fixes the issue. -Len >-----Original Message----- >From: akpm@xxxxxxxx [mailto:akpm@xxxxxxxx] >Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 2:53 AM >To: Brown, Len >Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; akpm@xxxxxxxx; Starikovskiy, >Alexey Y; bcollins@xxxxxxxxxx; zulcss@xxxxxxxxx >Subject: [patch 3/5] acpi: do not abort method execution if >asked to release not acquired mutex > >From: Alexey Starikovskiy <alexey.y.starikovskiy@xxxxxxxxx> > >See http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6687 >Closes: #50088 > >patch location: >http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/bcollins/ubuntu-d >apper.git;a=commitdiff;h=202ddb5b6498af53e110f78edd41a217587c1ffb > >Signed-off-by: Chuck Short <zulcss@xxxxxxxxx> >Signed-off-by: Ben Collins <bcollins@xxxxxxxxxx> >Cc: "Brown, Len" <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> >Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> >--- > > drivers/acpi/executer/exmutex.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > >diff -puN >drivers/acpi/executer/exmutex.c~acpi-do-not-abort-method-execut >ion-if-asked-to-release drivers/acpi/executer/exmutex.c >--- >a/drivers/acpi/executer/exmutex.c~acpi-do-not-abort-method-exec >ution-if-asked-to-release >+++ a/drivers/acpi/executer/exmutex.c >@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ acpi_ex_release_mutex(union acpi_operand > ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, > "Cannot release Mutex [%4.4s], not >acquired", > >acpi_ut_get_node_name(obj_desc->mutex.node))); >- return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED); >+ return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK); > } > > /* Sanity check -- we must have a valid thread ID */ >_ > - 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
