On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 11:08:51AM +0200, Jouke Witteveen wrote: > As unregistering a hook takes it off the hook list, we should use a safe > for_each loop when we potentially unregister a hook. > > Signed-off-by: Jouke Witteveen <j.wittev...@gmail.com> > ---
I would like to draw attention to this patch. It fixes a very noticable regression for owners of Thinkpad 13 laptops. The thinkpad_acpi driver currently does not support that line of laptops [1]. As a result, users cannot boot the 4.17 kernel on those machines. [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200333#c1 > drivers/acpi/battery.c | 9 +++++---- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/battery.c b/drivers/acpi/battery.c > index b0113a58..d79ad844 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/battery.c > +++ b/drivers/acpi/battery.c > @@ -717,10 +717,11 @@ void battery_hook_register(struct acpi_battery_hook > *hook) > */ > pr_err("extension failed to load: %s", hook->name); > __battery_hook_unregister(hook, 0); > - return; > + goto end; > } > } > pr_info("new extension: %s\n", hook->name); > +end: > mutex_unlock(&hook_mutex); > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(battery_hook_register); > @@ -732,7 +733,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(battery_hook_register); > */ > static void battery_hook_add_battery(struct acpi_battery *battery) > { > - struct acpi_battery_hook *hook_node; > + struct acpi_battery_hook *hook_node, *tmp; > > mutex_lock(&hook_mutex); > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&battery->list); > @@ -744,15 +745,15 @@ static void battery_hook_add_battery(struct > acpi_battery *battery) > * when a battery gets hotplugged or initialized > * during the battery module initialization. > */ > - list_for_each_entry(hook_node, &battery_hook_list, list) { > + list_for_each_entry_safe(hook_node, tmp, &battery_hook_list, list) { > if (hook_node->add_battery(battery->bat)) { > /* > * The notification of the extensions has failed, to > * prevent further errors we will unload the extension. > */ > - __battery_hook_unregister(hook_node, 0); > pr_err("error in extension, unloading: %s", > hook_node->name); > + __battery_hook_unregister(hook_node, 0); > } > } > mutex_unlock(&hook_mutex); > -- > 2.18.0 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ ibm-acpi-devel mailing list ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel
