Merge tag 'v3.10-rc1' into stable/for-linus-3.10

Linux 3.10-rc1

* tag 'v3.10-rc1': (12273 commits)
  Linux 3.10-rc1
  [SCSI] qla2xxx: Update firmware link in Kconfig file.
  [SCSI] iscsi class, qla4xxx: fix sess/conn refcounting when find fns are used
  [SCSI] sas: unify the pointlessly separated enums sas_dev_type and sas_device_type
  [SCSI] pm80xx: thermal, sas controller config and error handling update
  [SCSI] pm80xx: NCQ error handling changes
  [SCSI] pm80xx: WWN Modification for PM8081/88/89 controllers
  [SCSI] pm80xx: Changed module name and debug messages update
  [SCSI] pm80xx: Firmware flash memory free fix, with addition of new memory region for it
  [SCSI] pm80xx: SPC new firmware changes for device id 0x8081 alone
  [SCSI] pm80xx: Added SPCv/ve specific hardware functionalities and relevant changes in common files
  [SCSI] pm80xx: MSI-X implementation for using 64 interrupts
  [SCSI] pm80xx: Updated common functions common for SPC and SPCv/ve
  [SCSI] pm80xx: Multiple inbound/outbound queue configuration
  [SCSI] pm80xx: Added SPCv/ve specific ids, variables and modify for SPC
  [SCSI] lpfc: fix up Kconfig dependencies
  [SCSI] Handle MLQUEUE busy response in scsi_send_eh_cmnd
  dm cache: set config value
  dm cache: move config fns
  dm thin: generate event when metadata threshold passed
  ...

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utexcep.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utexcep.c
index a0ab7c02e87..b543a144941 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utexcep.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utexcep.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ ACPI_MODULE_NAME("utexcep")
  ******************************************************************************/
 const char *acpi_format_exception(acpi_status status)
 {
-	const char *exception = NULL;
+	const struct acpi_exception_info *exception;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_ENTRY();
 
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ const char *acpi_format_exception(acpi_status status)
 		ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
 			    "Unknown exception code: 0x%8.8X", status));
 
-		exception = "UNKNOWN_STATUS_CODE";
+		return ("UNKNOWN_STATUS_CODE");
 	}
 
-	return (ACPI_CAST_PTR(const char, exception));
+	return (exception->name);
 }
 
 ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_format_exception)
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_format_exception)
  *              an ASCII string.
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
-const char *acpi_ut_validate_exception(acpi_status status)
+const struct acpi_exception_info *acpi_ut_validate_exception(acpi_status status)
 {
 	u32 sub_status;
-	const char *exception = NULL;
+	const struct acpi_exception_info *exception = NULL;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_ENTRY();
 
@@ -113,35 +113,35 @@ const char *acpi_ut_validate_exception(acpi_status status)
 	case AE_CODE_ENVIRONMENTAL:
 
 		if (sub_status <= AE_CODE_ENV_MAX) {
-			exception = acpi_gbl_exception_names_env[sub_status];
+			exception = &acpi_gbl_exception_names_env[sub_status];
 		}
 		break;
 
 	case AE_CODE_PROGRAMMER:
 
 		if (sub_status <= AE_CODE_PGM_MAX) {
-			exception = acpi_gbl_exception_names_pgm[sub_status];
+			exception = &acpi_gbl_exception_names_pgm[sub_status];
 		}
 		break;
 
 	case AE_CODE_ACPI_TABLES:
 
 		if (sub_status <= AE_CODE_TBL_MAX) {
-			exception = acpi_gbl_exception_names_tbl[sub_status];
+			exception = &acpi_gbl_exception_names_tbl[sub_status];
 		}
 		break;
 
 	case AE_CODE_AML:
 
 		if (sub_status <= AE_CODE_AML_MAX) {
-			exception = acpi_gbl_exception_names_aml[sub_status];
+			exception = &acpi_gbl_exception_names_aml[sub_status];
 		}
 		break;
 
 	case AE_CODE_CONTROL:
 
 		if (sub_status <= AE_CODE_CTRL_MAX) {
-			exception = acpi_gbl_exception_names_ctrl[sub_status];
+			exception = &acpi_gbl_exception_names_ctrl[sub_status];
 		}
 		break;
 
@@ -149,5 +149,9 @@ const char *acpi_ut_validate_exception(acpi_status status)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	return (ACPI_CAST_PTR(const char, exception));
+	if (!exception || !exception->name) {
+		return (NULL);
+	}
+
+	return (exception);
 }