Merge branch 'acpica' into release

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
index 14b8b8ed8023..567a4899a018 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
@@ -578,10 +578,15 @@ acpi_ds_terminate_control_method(union acpi_operand_object *method_desc,
                 }
 
                 /*
-                 * Delete any namespace objects created anywhere within
-                 * the namespace by the execution of this method
+                 * Delete any namespace objects created anywhere within the
+                 * namespace by the execution of this method. Unless this method
+                 * is a module-level executable code method, in which case we
+                 * want make the objects permanent.
                  */
-                acpi_ns_delete_namespace_by_owner(method_desc->method.owner_id);
+                if (!(method_desc->method.flags & AOPOBJ_MODULE_LEVEL)) {
+                        acpi_ns_delete_namespace_by_owner(method_desc->method.
+                                                          owner_id);
+                }
         }
 
         /* Decrement the thread count on the method */
@@ -622,7 +627,9 @@ acpi_ds_terminate_control_method(union acpi_operand_object *method_desc,
 
                 /* No more threads, we can free the owner_id */
 
-                acpi_ut_release_owner_id(&method_desc->method.owner_id);
+                if (!(method_desc->method.flags & AOPOBJ_MODULE_LEVEL)) {
+                        acpi_ut_release_owner_id(&method_desc->method.owner_id);
+                }
         }
 
         return_VOID;