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-rw-r--r--drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c30
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
index cc9ad740bda1..b104302fea0a 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
@@ -714,6 +714,22 @@ static int wmi_class_init(void)
return ret;
}
+static bool guid_already_parsed(const char *guid_string)
+{
+ struct guid_block *gblock;
+ struct wmi_block *wblock;
+ struct list_head *p;
+
+ list_for_each(p, &wmi_blocks.list) {
+ wblock = list_entry(p, struct wmi_block, list);
+ gblock = &wblock->gblock;
+
+ if (strncmp(gblock->guid, guid_string, 16) == 0)
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
/*
* Parse the _WDG method for the GUID data blocks
*/
@@ -723,6 +739,7 @@ static __init acpi_status parse_wdg(acpi_handle handle)
union acpi_object *obj;
struct guid_block *gblock;
struct wmi_block *wblock;
+ char guid_string[37];
acpi_status status;
u32 i, total;
@@ -745,6 +762,19 @@ static __init acpi_status parse_wdg(acpi_handle handle)
memcpy(gblock, obj->buffer.pointer, obj->buffer.length);
for (i = 0; i < total; i++) {
+ /*
+ Some WMI devices, like those for nVidia hooks, have a
+ duplicate GUID. It's not clear what we should do in this
+ case yet, so for now, we'll just ignore the duplicate.
+ Anyone who wants to add support for that device can come
+ up with a better workaround for the mess then.
+ */
+ if (guid_already_parsed(gblock[i].guid) == true) {
+ wmi_gtoa(gblock[i].guid, guid_string);
+ printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "Skipping duplicate GUID %s\n",
+ guid_string);
+ continue;
+ }
wblock = kzalloc(sizeof(struct wmi_block), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!wblock)
return AE_NO_MEMORY;
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