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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/events/evxface.c8
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/events/evxface.c b/drivers/acpi/events/evxface.c
index 923fd2b46955..685a103a3587 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/events/evxface.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/events/evxface.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
*****************************************************************************/
/*
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2006, R. Byron Moore
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007, R. Byron Moore
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -768,11 +768,9 @@ acpi_status acpi_acquire_global_lock(u16 timeout, u32 * handle)
return (AE_BAD_PARAMETER);
}
- status = acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
- if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
- return (status);
- }
+ /* Must lock interpreter to prevent race conditions */
+ acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
status = acpi_ev_acquire_global_lock(timeout);
acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();