2.6.25-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Holger Macht commit 7efd52a407bed6a2b02015b8ebbff7beba155392 upstream If acpi_install_notify_handler() for a bay device fails, the bay driver is superfluous. Most likely, another driver (like libata) is already caring about this device anyway. Furthermore, register_hotplug_dock_device(acpi_handle) from the dock driver must not be called twice with the same handler. This would result in an endless loop consuming 100% of CPU. So clean up and exit. Signed-off-by: Holger Macht Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Len Brown Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/acpi/bay.c | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/acpi/bay.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/bay.c @@ -299,16 +299,20 @@ static int bay_add(acpi_handle handle, i */ pdev->dev.uevent_suppress = 0; - if (acpi_bay_add_fs(new_bay)) { - platform_device_unregister(new_bay->pdev); - goto bay_add_err; - } - /* register for events on this device */ status = acpi_install_notify_handler(handle, ACPI_SYSTEM_NOTIFY, bay_notify, new_bay); if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { - printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Error installing bay notify handler\n"); + printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "Error installing bay notify handler\n"); + platform_device_unregister(new_bay->pdev); + goto bay_add_err; + } + + if (acpi_bay_add_fs(new_bay)) { + acpi_remove_notify_handler(handle, ACPI_SYSTEM_NOTIFY, + bay_notify); + platform_device_unregister(new_bay->pdev); + goto bay_add_err; } /* if we are on a dock station, we should register for dock -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/