linux-kernel - ACPI "_PDC" - acpi_processor_set_pdc()- execution regression

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Message-ID: <1323297487.4edfeacfc49ff@imp.free.fr>
Date:	Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:38:07 +0100
From:	wallak@...e.fr
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: ACPI "_PDC" - acpi_processor_set_pdc()- execution regression - Linux-3.x

We have a regression on the ACPI stack of the last linux kernel line 3.x (3.1.4,
3.2-rc4...). The ACPI "_PDC" chunk is not executed on some computers (e.g. Dell
X300; the function acpi_processor_set_pdc() is not called). This issue yield to
an uninitialized state of some ACPI variables.

A patch is available below. This patch come back to the previous linux behavior,
and works fine.

Best Regards,
Wallak.

--- linux-3.1.4-mdf/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c.orig  2011-12-07
23:12:57.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-3.1.4-mdf/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c       2011-12-07
23:13:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@
        type = (acpi_type == ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE) ? 1 : 0;
        cpuid = acpi_get_cpuid(handle, type, acpi_id);

-       if (cpuid == -1)
-               return false;
+       if ((cpuid == -1) && (num_possible_cpus() > 1))
+               return false;

        return true;
 }
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