Merge commit 'v3.15' into next

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c
index 5713da77c665..20a1392ffe06 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2013, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2014, Intel Corp.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -583,6 +583,18 @@ acpi_install_gpe_block(acpi_handle gpe_device,
 		goto unlock_and_exit;
 	}
 
+	/* Validate the parent device */
+
+	if (node->type != ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE) {
+		status = AE_TYPE;
+		goto unlock_and_exit;
+	}
+
+	if (node->object) {
+		status = AE_ALREADY_EXISTS;
+		goto unlock_and_exit;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * For user-installed GPE Block Devices, the gpe_block_base_number
 	 * is always zero
@@ -666,6 +678,13 @@ acpi_status acpi_remove_gpe_block(acpi_handle gpe_device)
 		goto unlock_and_exit;
 	}
 
+	/* Validate the parent device */
+
+	if (node->type != ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE) {
+		status = AE_TYPE;
+		goto unlock_and_exit;
+	}
+
 	/* Get the device_object attached to the node */
 
 	obj_desc = acpi_ns_get_attached_object(node);