From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Regression in module wmi since 2.6.32 (bisected to commit
	1caab3c)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:36:18 -0800
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To: Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>, Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>

Hi Carlos,

On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 01:18:26AM +0000, Carlos Corbacho wrote:
> @@ -747,6 +763,16 @@ static __init acpi_status parse_wdg(acpi_handle handle)
>  	memcpy(gblock, obj->buffer.pointer, obj->buffer.length);
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < total; i++) {
> +		/*
> +		  Some WMI devices, like those for nVidia hooks, have a
> +		  duplicate GUID. It's not clear what we should do in this
> +		  case yet, so for now, we'll just ignore the duplicate.
> +		  Anyone who wants to add support for that device can come
> +		  up with a better workaround for the mess then.
> +		*/
> +		if (guid_already_parsed(gblock[i].guid) == true) {

A warning message is probably warranted here.

> +			continue;
> +		}
>  		wblock = kzalloc(sizeof(struct wmi_block), GFP_KERNEL);
>  		if (!wblock)
>  			return AE_NO_MEMORY;

-- 
Dmitry