The acpi_processor_start() function can fail before creating the
sysfs nodes for thermal cooling. In this case, pr->cdev will be NULL,
and the removal code will break.
This patch uses pr->cdev as a criteria for termination of the
mentioned code, and avoids it, if it was never initialized.
Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/acpi/processor_core.c | 10 ++++++----
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
index 9480203..5023410 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
@@ -811,10 +811,12 @@ static int acpi_processor_remove(struct
acpi_processor_remove_fs(device);
- sysfs_remove_link(&device->dev.kobj, "thermal_cooling");
- sysfs_remove_link(&pr->cdev->device.kobj, "device");
- thermal_cooling_device_unregister(pr->cdev);
- pr->cdev = NULL;
+ if (pr->cdev) {
+ sysfs_remove_link(&device->dev.kobj, "thermal_cooling");
+ sysfs_remove_link(&pr->cdev->device.kobj, "device");
+ thermal_cooling_device_unregister(pr->cdev);
+ pr->cdev = NULL;
+ }
processors[pr->id] = NULL;
--
1.4.2
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