linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] ACPICA: don't release ACPI_MTX_TABLES in acpi_tb_install_standard

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Message-Id: <1418746353-3481-3-git-send-email-octavian.purdila@intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:12:31 +0200
From:	Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@...el.com>
To:	linus.walleij@...aro.org, lee.jones@...aro.org, rjw@...ysocki.net
Cc:	johan@...nel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
	heikki.krogerus@...el.com, mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] ACPICA: don't release ACPI_MTX_TABLES in acpi_tb_install_standard_table

ACPI_MTX_TABLES is taken and released by the callers of
acpi_tb_install_standard_table so releasing it in the function itself
is causing the following error if the table is reloaded:

ACPI Error: Mutex [0x2] is not acquired, cannot release (20141107/utmutex-321)
Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff81b0bd48>] dump_stack+0x4f/0x7b
  [<ffffffff81546bf5>] acpi_ut_release_mutex+0x47/0x67
  [<ffffffff81544357>] acpi_load_table+0x73/0xcb

Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@...el.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
index 755b90c..c0b39f3 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ acpi_tb_install_standard_table(acpi_physical_address address,
 				 */
 				acpi_tb_uninstall_table(&new_table_desc);
 				*table_index = i;
-				(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
 				return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
 			}
 		}
-- 
1.9.1

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