Re: [BUG bisected]: apei_hest_parse explosion

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Fri, 22 Feb 2013, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: ACPI / APEI: Fix crash in apei_hest_parse() for acpi=off
> 
> After commit 92ef2a2 (ACPI: Change the ordering of PCI root bridge
> driver registrarion), acpi_hest_init() is never called for acpi=off
> (acpi_disabled), so hest_disable is not set, but hest_tab is NULL,
> which causes apei_hest_parse() to crash when it is called from
> aer_acpi_firmware_first().
> 
> Fix that by making apei_hest_parse() check if hest_tab is not NULL
> in addition to checking hest_disable.  Also remove the now useless
> acpi_disabled check from apei_hest_parse().
> 
> Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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