[ACPI] fix 2.6.13 boot hang regression on HT box w/ broken BIOS
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5452
Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
index 4217925..0c561c5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
@@ -543,6 +543,8 @@
return_VALUE(0);
}
+static void *processor_device_array[NR_CPUS];
+
static int acpi_processor_start(struct acpi_device *device)
{
int result = 0;
@@ -561,6 +563,19 @@
BUG_ON((pr->id >= NR_CPUS) || (pr->id < 0));
+ /*
+ * Buggy BIOS check
+ * ACPI id of processors can be reported wrongly by the BIOS.
+ * Don't trust it blindly
+ */
+ if (processor_device_array[pr->id] != NULL &&
+ processor_device_array[pr->id] != (void *)device) {
+ ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR, "BIOS reporting wrong ACPI id"
+ "for the processor\n"));
+ return_VALUE(-ENODEV);
+ }
+ processor_device_array[pr->id] = (void *)device;
+
processors[pr->id] = pr;
result = acpi_processor_add_fs(device);