linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] - acpi_boot_init() making bad check on return code

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Message-Id: <200702162204.38607.lenb@kernel.org>
Date:	Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:04:38 -0500
From:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:	John Keller <jpk@....com>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, ayoung@....com,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] -  acpi_boot_init() making bad check on return code

Applied.

thanks,
-Len
On Friday 16 February 2007 16:07, John Keller wrote:
> acpi_boot_init() is making a bad check on the return
> status from acpi_table_parse(). acpi_table_parse() now
> returns zero on success, one on failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Young <ayoung@....com>
> ---
> 
> Index: release/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
> ===================================================================
> --- release.orig/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c	2007-02-16 08:58:10.000000000 -0600
> +++ release/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c	2007-02-16 09:03:16.893360100 -0600
> @@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ int __init acpi_boot_init(void)
>  	 * information -- the successor to MPS tables.
>  	 */
>  
> -	if (acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_MADT, acpi_parse_madt) < 1) {
> +	if (acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_MADT, acpi_parse_madt)) {
>  		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Can't find MADT\n");
>  		goto skip_madt;
>  	}
> @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ int __init acpi_boot_init(void)
>  	 * gets interrupts such as power and sleep buttons.  If it's not
>  	 * on a Legacy interrupt, it needs to be setup.
>  	 */
> -	if (acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_FADT, acpi_parse_fadt) < 1)
> +	if (acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_FADT, acpi_parse_fadt))
>  		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Can't find FADT\n");
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> -
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