Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (119 commits)
  ACPI: don't pass handle for fixed hardware notifications
  ACPI: remove null pointer checks in deferred execution path
  ACPI: simplify deferred execution path
  acerhdf: additional BIOS versions
  acerhdf: convert to dev_pm_ops
  acerhdf: fix fan control for AOA150 model
  thermal: add missing Kconfig dependency
  acpi: switch /proc/acpi/{debug_layer,debug_level} to seq_file
  hp-wmi: fix rfkill memory leak on unload
  ACPI: remove unnecessary #ifdef CONFIG_DMI
  ACPI: linux/acpi.h should not include linux/dmi.h
  hwmon driver for ACPI 4.0 power meters
  topstar-laptop: add new driver for hotkeys support on Topstar N01
  thinkpad_acpi: fix rfkill memory leak on unload
  thinkpad-acpi: report brightness events when required
  thinkpad-acpi: don't poll by default any of the reserved hotkeys
  thinkpad-acpi: Fix procfs hotkey reset command
  thinkpad-acpi: deprecate hotkey_bios_mask
  thinkpad-acpi: hotkey poll fixes
  thinkpad-acpi: be more strict when detecting a ThinkPad
  ...

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsfield.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsfield.c
index 53e27bc5a734..54a225e56a64 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsfield.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsfield.c
@@ -123,9 +123,12 @@ acpi_ds_create_buffer_field(union acpi_parse_object *op,
                 flags = ACPI_NS_NO_UPSEARCH | ACPI_NS_DONT_OPEN_SCOPE |
                     ACPI_NS_ERROR_IF_FOUND;
 
-                /* Mark node temporary if we are executing a method */
-
-                if (walk_state->method_node) {
+                /*
+                 * Mark node temporary if we are executing a normal control
+                 * method. (Don't mark if this is a module-level code method)
+                 */
+                if (walk_state->method_node &&
+                    !(walk_state->parse_flags & ACPI_PARSE_MODULE_LEVEL)) {
                         flags |= ACPI_NS_TEMPORARY;
                 }
 
@@ -456,9 +459,12 @@ acpi_ds_init_field_objects(union acpi_parse_object *op,
         flags = ACPI_NS_NO_UPSEARCH | ACPI_NS_DONT_OPEN_SCOPE |
             ACPI_NS_ERROR_IF_FOUND;
 
-        /* Mark node(s) temporary if we are executing a method */
-
-        if (walk_state->method_node) {
+        /*
+         * Mark node(s) temporary if we are executing a normal control
+         * method. (Don't mark if this is a module-level code method)
+         */
+        if (walk_state->method_node &&
+            !(walk_state->parse_flags & ACPI_PARSE_MODULE_LEVEL)) {
                 flags |= ACPI_NS_TEMPORARY;
         }