1 files changed, 48 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
index d94dd8974b5..5d797751e20 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2010, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2011, Intel Corp.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 
 #include <acpi/acpi.h>
 #include "accommon.h"
-#include "amlcode.h"
 #include "acdispat.h"
 #include "acinterp.h"
 #include "acnamesp.h"
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ acpi_ds_begin_method_execution(struct acpi_namespace_node *method_node,
 	/*
 	 * If this method is serialized, we need to acquire the method mutex.
 	 */
-	if (obj_desc->method.method_flags & AML_METHOD_SERIALIZED) {
+	if (obj_desc->method.info_flags & ACPI_METHOD_SERIALIZED) {
 		/*
 		 * Create a mutex for the method if it is defined to be Serialized
 		 * and a mutex has not already been created. We defer the mutex creation
@@ -413,8 +412,9 @@ acpi_ds_call_control_method(struct acpi_thread_state *thread,
 
 	/* Invoke an internal method if necessary */
 
-	if (obj_desc->method.method_flags & AML_METHOD_INTERNAL_ONLY) {
-		status = obj_desc->method.extra.implementation(next_walk_state);
+	if (obj_desc->method.info_flags & ACPI_METHOD_INTERNAL_ONLY) {
+		status =
+		    obj_desc->method.dispatch.implementation(next_walk_state);
 		if (status == AE_OK) {
 			status = AE_CTRL_TERMINATE;
 		}
@@ -579,11 +579,14 @@ acpi_ds_terminate_control_method(union acpi_operand_object *method_desc,
 
 		/*
 		 * Delete any namespace objects created anywhere within the
-		 * namespace by the execution of this method. Unless this method
-		 * is a module-level executable code method, in which case we
-		 * want make the objects permanent.
+		 * namespace by the execution of this method. Unless:
+		 * 1) This method is a module-level executable code method, in which
+		 *    case we want make the objects permanent.
+		 * 2) There are other threads executing the method, in which case we
+		 *    will wait until the last thread has completed.
 		 */
-		if (!(method_desc->method.flags & AOPOBJ_MODULE_LEVEL)) {
+		if (!(method_desc->method.info_flags & ACPI_METHOD_MODULE_LEVEL)
+		    && (method_desc->method.thread_count == 1)) {
 
 			/* Delete any direct children of (created by) this method */
 
@@ -593,12 +596,17 @@ acpi_ds_terminate_control_method(union acpi_operand_object *method_desc,
 			/*
 			 * Delete any objects that were created by this method
 			 * elsewhere in the namespace (if any were created).
+			 * Use of the ACPI_METHOD_MODIFIED_NAMESPACE optimizes the
+			 * deletion such that we don't have to perform an entire
+			 * namespace walk for every control method execution.
 			 */
 			if (method_desc->method.
-			    flags & AOPOBJ_MODIFIED_NAMESPACE) {
+			    info_flags & ACPI_METHOD_MODIFIED_NAMESPACE) {
 				acpi_ns_delete_namespace_by_owner(method_desc->
 								  method.
 								  owner_id);
+				method_desc->method.info_flags &=
+				    ~ACPI_METHOD_MODIFIED_NAMESPACE;
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -629,19 +637,43 @@ acpi_ds_terminate_control_method(union acpi_operand_object *method_desc,
 		 * Serialized if it appears that the method is incorrectly written and
 		 * does not support multiple thread execution. The best example of this
 		 * is if such a method creates namespace objects and blocks. A second
-		 * thread will fail with an AE_ALREADY_EXISTS exception
+		 * thread will fail with an AE_ALREADY_EXISTS exception.
 		 *
 		 * This code is here because we must wait until the last thread exits
-		 * before creating the synchronization semaphore.
+		 * before marking the method as serialized.
 		 */
-		if ((method_desc->method.method_flags & AML_METHOD_SERIALIZED)
-		    && (!method_desc->method.mutex)) {
-			(void)acpi_ds_create_method_mutex(method_desc);
+		if (method_desc->method.
+		    info_flags & ACPI_METHOD_SERIALIZED_PENDING) {
+			if (walk_state) {
+				ACPI_INFO((AE_INFO,
+					   "Marking method %4.4s as Serialized because of AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error",
+					   walk_state->method_node->name.
+					   ascii));
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Method tried to create an object twice and was marked as
+			 * "pending serialized". The probable cause is that the method
+			 * cannot handle reentrancy.
+			 *
+			 * The method was created as not_serialized, but it tried to create
+			 * a named object and then blocked, causing the second thread
+			 * entrance to begin and then fail. Workaround this problem by
+			 * marking the method permanently as Serialized when the last
+			 * thread exits here.
+			 */
+			method_desc->method.info_flags &=
+			    ~ACPI_METHOD_SERIALIZED_PENDING;
+			method_desc->method.info_flags |=
+			    ACPI_METHOD_SERIALIZED;
+			method_desc->method.sync_level = 0;
 		}
 
 		/* No more threads, we can free the owner_id */
 
-		if (!(method_desc->method.flags & AOPOBJ_MODULE_LEVEL)) {
+		if (!
+		    (method_desc->method.
+		     info_flags & ACPI_METHOD_MODULE_LEVEL)) {
 			acpi_ut_release_owner_id(&method_desc->method.owner_id);
 		}
 	}