Merge tag 'acpi-4.14-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm

torvalds · torvalds · commit 770b782f555d · 2017-09-28T14:38:30.000-07:00
Pull ACPI fix from Rafael Wysocki:
 "This fixes an APEI problem that may cause a reported error to be
  missed due to a race condition"

* tag 'acpi-4.14-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm:
  ACPI / APEI: clear error status before acknowledging the error
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -743,17 +743,19 @@ static int ghes_proc(struct ghes *ghes)
 	}
 	ghes_do_proc(ghes, ghes->estatus);
 
+out:
+	ghes_clear_estatus(ghes);
+
+	if (rc == -ENOENT)
+		return rc;
+
 	/*
 	 * GHESv2 type HEST entries introduce support for error acknowledgment,
 	 * so only acknowledge the error if this support is present.
 	 */
-	if (is_hest_type_generic_v2(ghes)) {
-		rc = ghes_ack_error(ghes->generic_v2);
-		if (rc)
-			return rc;
-	}
-out:
-	ghes_clear_estatus(ghes);
+	if (is_hest_type_generic_v2(ghes))
+		return ghes_ack_error(ghes->generic_v2);
+
 	return rc;
 }
 
