Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ACPI / scan: Clear match_driver flag in acpi_bus_trim() | From | Toshi Kani <> | Date | Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:59:38 -0700 |
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On Mon, 2014-01-27 at 01:16 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> > > Drivers should not bind to struct acpi_device objects that > acpi_bus_trim() has been called for, so make that function > clear flags.match_driver for those objects. > > If that is not done, an ACPI driver may theoretically try to operate > a device that is not physically present. > > Fixes: 202317a573b2 (ACPI / scan: Add acpi_device objects for all device nodes in the namespace) > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Acked-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>
Thanks, -Toshi
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