ACPICA: Fix AcpiWalkNamespace race condition with table unload

Added a reader/writer locking mechanism to allow multiple
concurrent namespace walks (readers), but a dynamic table unload
will have exclusive access to the namespace. This fixes a problem
where a table unload could delete the portion of the namespace that
is currently being examined by a walk.  Adds a new file, utlock.c
that implements the reader/writer lock mechanism. ACPICA BZ 749.

http://www.acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=749

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
index f3e87ba43dbe..f431b997d2f8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ ACPI_EXTERN u8 acpi_gbl_integer_bit_width;
 ACPI_EXTERN u8 acpi_gbl_integer_byte_width;
 ACPI_EXTERN u8 acpi_gbl_integer_nybble_width;
 
+/* Reader/Writer lock is used for namespace walk and dynamic table unload */
+
+ACPI_EXTERN struct acpi_rw_lock acpi_gbl_namespace_rw_lock;
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
  * Mutual exlusion within ACPICA subsystem