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authorZhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>2008-08-28 10:05:06 +0800
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2008-09-23 23:12:38 -0400
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ACPI: fix hotplug race
The hotplug notification handler and drivers' notification handler all run in one workqueue. Before hotplug removes an acpi device, the device driver's notification handler is already be recorded to run just after global notification handler. After hotplug notification handler runs, acpica will notice a NULL notification handler and crash. So now we run run hotplug in another workqueue and wait for all acpi notication handlers finish. This was found in battery hotplug, but actually all hotplug can be affected. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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