Merge commit 'v2.6.26' into bkl-removal

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
index 24da921d13e3..39d742190584 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
@@ -375,9 +375,15 @@ acpi_ex_load_op(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc,
                 goto cleanup;
         }
 
+        /*
+         * Add the table to the namespace.
+         *
+         * Note: We load the table objects relative to the root of the namespace.
+         * This appears to go against the ACPI specification, but we do it for
+         * compatibility with other ACPI implementations.
+         */
         status =
-            acpi_ex_add_table(table_index, walk_state->scope_info->scope.node,
-                              &ddb_handle);
+            acpi_ex_add_table(table_index, acpi_gbl_root_node, &ddb_handle);
         if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 
                 /* On error, table_ptr was deallocated above */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exmutex.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exmutex.c
index c873ab40cd0e..a8bf3d713e28 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exmutex.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exmutex.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ex_release_mutex_object(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc)
 
         /* Clear mutex info */
 
-        obj_desc->mutex.thread_id = 0;
+        obj_desc->mutex.thread_id = NULL;
         return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 }
 
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ void acpi_ex_release_all_mutexes(struct acpi_thread_state *thread)
                 /* Mark mutex unowned */
 
                 obj_desc->mutex.owner_thread = NULL;
-                obj_desc->mutex.thread_id = 0;
+                obj_desc->mutex.thread_id = NULL;
 
                 /* Update Thread sync_level (Last mutex is the important one) */