Merge tag 'v2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

[mv-sheeva.git] / drivers / acpi / acpica / psparse.c

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/psparse.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/psparse.c
index 8d81542194d457424d97afc5ed3fd1755a970cf9..9bb0cbd37b5e678d462702d909d7a165396f2342 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/psparse.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/psparse.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2010, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2011, Intel Corp.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 #include "acparser.h"
 #include "acdispat.h"
 #include "amlcode.h"
-#include "acnamesp.h"
 #include "acinterp.h"
 
 #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_PARSER
@@ -539,24 +538,16 @@ acpi_status acpi_ps_parse_aml(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
                        /* Check for possible multi-thread reentrancy problem */
 
                        if ((status == AE_ALREADY_EXISTS) &&
-                           (!walk_state->method_desc->method.mutex)) {
-                               ACPI_INFO((AE_INFO,
-                                          "Marking method %4.4s as Serialized because of AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error",
-                                          walk_state->method_node->name.
-                                          ascii));
-
+                           (!(walk_state->method_desc->method.
+                              info_flags & ACPI_METHOD_SERIALIZED))) {
                                /*
-                                * Method tried to create an object twice. The probable cause is
-                                * that the method cannot handle reentrancy.
-                                *
-                                * The method is marked not_serialized, but it tried to create
-                                * a named object, causing the second thread entrance to fail.
-                                * Workaround this problem by marking the method permanently
-                                * as Serialized.
+                                * Method is not serialized and tried to create an object
+                                * twice. The probable cause is that the method cannot
+                                * handle reentrancy. Mark as "pending serialized" now, and
+                                * then mark "serialized" when the last thread exits.
                                 */
-                               walk_state->method_desc->method.method_flags |=
-                                   AML_METHOD_SERIALIZED;
-                               walk_state->method_desc->method.sync_level = 0;
+                               walk_state->method_desc->method.info_flags |=
+                                   ACPI_METHOD_SERIALIZED_PENDING;
                        }
                }