1 files changed, 1 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi-processor.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi-processor.c
index dbda7bde6112..ab72d46f52c6 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi-processor.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi-processor.c
@@ -16,31 +16,7 @@
 
 static void init_intel_pdc(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 {
-	struct acpi_object_list *obj_list;
-	union acpi_object *obj;
-	u32 *buf;
-
-	/* allocate and initialize pdc. It will be used later. */
-	obj_list = kmalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_object_list), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!obj_list) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Memory allocation error\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	obj = kmalloc(sizeof(union acpi_object), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!obj) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Memory allocation error\n");
-		kfree(obj_list);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	buf = kmalloc(12, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!buf) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Memory allocation error\n");
-		kfree(obj);
-		kfree(obj_list);
-		return;
-	}
+	u32 *buf = (u32 *)pr->pdc->pointer->buffer.pointer;
 
 	buf[0] = ACPI_PDC_REVISION_ID;
 	buf[1] = 1;
@@ -52,20 +28,12 @@ static void init_intel_pdc(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 	 */
 	buf[2] |= ACPI_PDC_SMP_T_SWCOORD;
 
-	obj->type = ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER;
-	obj->buffer.length = 12;
-	obj->buffer.pointer = (u8 *) buf;
-	obj_list->count = 1;
-	obj_list->pointer = obj;
-	pr->pdc = obj_list;
-
 	return;
 }
 
 /* Initialize _PDC data based on the CPU vendor */
 void arch_acpi_processor_init_pdc(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 {
-	pr->pdc = NULL;
 	init_intel_pdc(pr);
 	return;
 }