Hi, Bob Could you help to answer this? Thanks in advance. Best regards -Lv > From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Len Brown > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 8:44 AM > > This was filed an fixed very quickly. > Is it something we see in the field? > The patch is small, should we mark it for -stable? > > thanks > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:55 AM, Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > Perform a sanity check on the start object to prevent problems > > later. ACPICA BZ 1025. > > > > Buglink: http://bugs.acpica.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1025 > > Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c | 8 ++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c > > index b38b4b0..481a6b4 100644 > > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c > > @@ -605,11 +605,19 @@ acpi_walk_namespace(acpi_object_type type, > > goto unlock_and_exit; > > } > > > > + /* Now we can validate the starting node */ > > + > > + if (!acpi_ns_validate_handle(start_object)) { > > + status = AE_BAD_PARAMETER; > > + goto unlock_and_exit2; > > + } > > + > > status = acpi_ns_walk_namespace(type, start_object, max_depth, > > ACPI_NS_WALK_UNLOCK, > > descending_callback, ascending_callback, > > context, return_value); > > > > + unlock_and_exit2: > > (void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE); > > > > unlock_and_exit: > > -- > > 1.7.10 > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > -- > Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center > -- > 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 -- 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