2 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index 332d076f3f1..864cfae337f 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@
  *
  * ACPI_SIZE        16/32/64-bit unsigned value
  * ACPI_NATIVE_INT  16/32/64-bit signed value
- *
  */
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -132,6 +131,16 @@ typedef COMPILER_DEPENDENT_INT64 INT64;
 
 /*! [End] no source code translation !*/
 
+/*
+ * Value returned by acpi_os_get_thread_id. There is no standard "thread_id"
+ * across operating systems or even the various UNIX systems. Since ACPICA
+ * only needs the thread ID as a unique thread identifier, we use a u64
+ * as the only common data type - it will accommodate any type of pointer or
+ * any type of integer. It is up to the host-dependent OSL to cast the
+ * native thread ID type to a u64 (in acpi_os_get_thread_id).
+ */
+#define acpi_thread_id                  u64
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  *
  * Types specific to 64-bit targets
@@ -211,12 +220,6 @@ typedef u32 acpi_physical_address;
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-/* Value returned by acpi_os_get_thread_id */
-
-#ifndef acpi_thread_id
-#define acpi_thread_id                  acpi_size
-#endif
-
 /* Flags for acpi_os_acquire_lock/acpi_os_release_lock */
 
 #ifndef acpi_cpu_flags
diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
index 103f08aca76..572189e3713 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
 #define acpi_cache_t                        struct kmem_cache
 #define acpi_spinlock                       spinlock_t *
 #define acpi_cpu_flags                      unsigned long
-#define acpi_thread_id                      struct task_struct *
 
 #else /* !__KERNEL__ */
 
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@
 /* Host-dependent types and defines for user-space ACPICA */
 
 #define ACPI_FLUSH_CPU_CACHE()
-#define acpi_thread_id                      pthread_t
+#define ACPI_CAST_PTHREAD_T(pthread) ((acpi_thread_id) (pthread))
 
 #if defined(__ia64__) || defined(__x86_64__)
 #define ACPI_MACHINE_WIDTH          64
@@ -113,12 +112,13 @@
 
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
+#include <acpi/actypes.h>
 /*
  * Overrides for in-kernel ACPICA
  */
 static inline acpi_thread_id acpi_os_get_thread_id(void)
 {
-        return current;
+        return (acpi_thread_id)(unsigned long)current;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ static inline acpi_thread_id acpi_os_get_thread_id(void)
  * However, boot has  (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING)
  * to quiet __might_sleep() in kmalloc() and resume does not.
  */
-#include <acpi/actypes.h>
 static inline void *acpi_os_allocate(acpi_size size)
 {
         return kmalloc(size, irqs_disabled() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL);