Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index 65b3f056ad89..3f30af21574e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -211,7 +211,11 @@ acpi_processor_power_activate(struct acpi_processor *pr,
 static void acpi_safe_halt(void)
 {
 	current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_POLLING;
-	smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+	/*
+	 * TS_POLLING-cleared state must be visible before we
+	 * test NEED_RESCHED:
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
 	if (!need_resched())
 		safe_halt();
 	current_thread_info()->status |= TS_POLLING;
@@ -345,7 +349,11 @@ static void acpi_processor_idle(void)
 	 */
 	if (cx->type == ACPI_STATE_C2 || cx->type == ACPI_STATE_C3) {
 		current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_POLLING;
-		smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+		/*
+		 * TS_POLLING-cleared state must be visible before we
+		 * test NEED_RESCHED:
+		 */
+		smp_mb();
 		if (need_resched()) {
 			current_thread_info()->status |= TS_POLLING;
 			local_irq_enable();
@@ -673,7 +681,7 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	cst = (union acpi_object *)buffer.pointer;
+	cst = buffer.pointer;
 
 	/* There must be at least 2 elements */
 	if (!cst || (cst->type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE) || cst->package.count < 2) {
@@ -702,14 +710,14 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 
 		memset(&cx, 0, sizeof(cx));
 
-		element = (union acpi_object *)&(cst->package.elements[i]);
+		element = &(cst->package.elements[i]);
 		if (element->type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE)
 			continue;
 
 		if (element->package.count != 4)
 			continue;
 
-		obj = (union acpi_object *)&(element->package.elements[0]);
+		obj = &(element->package.elements[0]);
 
 		if (obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER)
 			continue;
@@ -721,7 +729,7 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 			continue;
 
 		/* There should be an easy way to extract an integer... */
-		obj = (union acpi_object *)&(element->package.elements[1]);
+		obj = &(element->package.elements[1]);
 		if (obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER)
 			continue;
 
@@ -754,13 +762,13 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 			}
 		}
 
-		obj = (union acpi_object *)&(element->package.elements[2]);
+		obj = &(element->package.elements[2]);
 		if (obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER)
 			continue;
 
 		cx.latency = obj->integer.value;
 
-		obj = (union acpi_object *)&(element->package.elements[3]);
+		obj = &(element->package.elements[3]);
 		if (obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER)
 			continue;
 
@@ -1029,7 +1037,7 @@ int acpi_processor_cst_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 
 static int acpi_processor_power_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
 {
-	struct acpi_processor *pr = (struct acpi_processor *)seq->private;
+	struct acpi_processor *pr = seq->private;
 	unsigned int i;