[PATCH 2.6.25,26.stable] ACPI: dock: avoid check _STA method

[Len Brown]

commit 8b59560a3baf2e7c24e0fb92ea5d09eca92805db
Author: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Thu Aug 28 10:02:03 2008 +0800

    ACPI: dock: avoid check _STA method
    
    In some BIOSes, every _STA method call will send a notification again,
    this cause freeze. And in some BIOSes, it appears _STA should be called
    after _DCK. This tries to avoid calls _STA, and still keep the device
    present check.
    
    http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10431
    
    Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>

Index: linux-2.6.25.y/drivers/acpi/dock.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.25.y.orig/drivers/acpi/dock.c
+++ linux-2.6.25.y/drivers/acpi/dock.c
@@ -599,14 +599,17 @@ static int handle_eject_request(struct d
 static void dock_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
 {
 	struct dock_station *ds = data;
+	struct acpi_device *tmp;
 
 	switch (event) {
 	case ACPI_NOTIFY_BUS_CHECK:
-		if (!dock_in_progress(ds) && dock_present(ds)) {
+		if (!dock_in_progress(ds) && acpi_bus_get_device(ds->handle,
+		   &tmp)) {
 			begin_dock(ds);
 			dock(ds);
 			if (!dock_present(ds)) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Unable to dock!\n");
+				complete_dock(ds);
 				break;
 			}
 			atomic_notifier_call_chain(&dock_notifier_list,
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