From: Akinobu Mita Fix single linked list manipulation for sub_driver. If the remving entry is not on the head of the sub_driver list, it goes into infinate loop. Though that infinite loop doesn't happen. Because the only user of acpi_pci_register_dirver() is acpiphp. Cc: Len Brown Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/acpi/pci_root.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/acpi/pci_root.c~acpi-fix-single-linked-list-manipulation drivers/acpi/pci_root.c --- a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c~acpi-fix-single-linked-list-manipulation +++ a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c @@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ void acpi_pci_unregister_driver(struct a struct acpi_pci_driver **pptr = &sub_driver; while (*pptr) { - if (*pptr != driver) - continue; - *pptr = (*pptr)->next; - break; + if (*pptr == driver) + break; + pptr = &(*pptr)->next; } + BUG_ON(!*pptr); + *pptr = (*pptr)->next; if (!driver->remove) return; _