ACPI / processor: Fix STARTING/DYING action in acpi_cpu_soft_notify()

[cascardo/linux.git] / drivers / acpi / processor_driver.c

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
index 7f70f31..4fcbd67 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ static int acpi_cpu_soft_notify(struct notifier_block *nfb,
        struct acpi_processor *pr = per_cpu(processors, cpu);
        struct acpi_device *device;
 
+       /*
+        * CPU_STARTING and CPU_DYING must not sleep. Return here since
+        * acpi_bus_get_device() may sleep.
+        */
+       if (action == CPU_STARTING || action == CPU_DYING)
+               return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
        if (!pr || acpi_bus_get_device(pr->handle, &device))
                return NOTIFY_DONE;