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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/namespace/nswalk.c46
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nswalk.c b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nswalk.c
index a138fcb832a3..c6619d8a5164 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nswalk.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nswalk.c
@@ -193,21 +193,28 @@ acpi_ns_walk_namespace(acpi_object_type type,
acpi_ns_get_next_node(ACPI_TYPE_ANY, parent_node,
child_node);
if (child_node) {
- /*
- * Found node, Get the type if we are not
- * searching for ANY
- */
+
+ /* Found node, Get the type if we are not searching for ANY */
+
if (type != ACPI_TYPE_ANY) {
child_type = child_node->type;
}
+ /*
+ * 1) Type must match
+ * 2) Permanent namespace nodes are OK
+ * 3) Ignore temporary nodes unless told otherwise. Typically,
+ * the temporary nodes can cause a race condition where they can
+ * be deleted during the execution of the user function. Only the
+ * debugger namespace dump will examine the temporary nodes.
+ */
if ((child_type == type) &&
(!(child_node->flags & ANOBJ_TEMPORARY) ||
(child_node->flags & ANOBJ_TEMPORARY)
&& (flags & ACPI_NS_WALK_TEMP_NODES))) {
/*
- * Found a matching node, invoke the user
- * callback function
+ * Found a matching node, invoke the user callback function.
+ * Unlock the namespace if flag is set.
*/
if (flags & ACPI_NS_WALK_UNLOCK) {
mutex_status =
@@ -219,8 +226,9 @@ acpi_ns_walk_namespace(acpi_object_type type,
}
}
- status = user_function(child_node, level,
- context, return_value);
+ status =
+ user_function(child_node, level, context,
+ return_value);
if (flags & ACPI_NS_WALK_UNLOCK) {
mutex_status =
@@ -254,20 +262,17 @@ acpi_ns_walk_namespace(acpi_object_type type,
}
/*
- * Depth first search:
- * Attempt to go down another level in the namespace
- * if we are allowed to. Don't go any further if we
- * have reached the caller specified maximum depth
- * or if the user function has specified that the
- * maximum depth has been reached.
+ * Depth first search: Attempt to go down another level in the
+ * namespace if we are allowed to. Don't go any further if we have
+ * reached the caller specified maximum depth or if the user
+ * function has specified that the maximum depth has been reached.
*/
if ((level < max_depth) && (status != AE_CTRL_DEPTH)) {
if (acpi_ns_get_next_node
(ACPI_TYPE_ANY, child_node, NULL)) {
- /*
- * There is at least one child of this
- * node, visit the onde
- */
+
+ /* There is at least one child of this node, visit it */
+
level++;
parent_node = child_node;
child_node = NULL;
@@ -275,9 +280,8 @@ acpi_ns_walk_namespace(acpi_object_type type,
}
} else {
/*
- * No more children of this node (acpi_ns_get_next_node
- * failed), go back upwards in the namespace tree to
- * the node's parent.
+ * No more children of this node (acpi_ns_get_next_node failed), go
+ * back upwards in the namespace tree to the node's parent.
*/
level--;
child_node = parent_node;