2.6.25-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us
know.
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From: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
commit 9f497bcc695fb828da023d74ad3c966b1e58ad21 upstream
ACPI: Fix thermal shutdowns
Do not use unsigned int if there is test for negative number...
See drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
static unsigned int ignore_ppc = -1;
...
if (event == CPUFREQ_START && ignore_ppc <= 0) {
ignore_ppc = 0;
...
Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(performance_mutex);
* 0 -> cpufreq low level drivers initialized -> consider _PPC values
* 1 -> ignore _PPC totally -> forced by user through boot param
*/
-static unsigned int ignore_ppc = -1;
+static int ignore_ppc = -1;
module_param(ignore_ppc, uint, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(ignore_ppc, "If the frequency of your machine gets wrongly" \
"limited by BIOS, this should help");
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