Pull bugzilla-8066 into release branch

drivers/acpi/events/evmisc.c

@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ static acpi_status acpi_ev_remove_global_lock_handler(void)
  * the global lock appear as a standard mutex on the OS side.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
+static acpi_thread_id acpi_ev_global_lock_thread_id;
+static int acpi_ev_global_lock_acquired;
 
 acpi_status acpi_ev_acquire_global_lock(u16 timeout)
 {
@@ -435,11 +437,24 @@ acpi_status acpi_ev_acquire_global_lock(u16 timeout)
 	 * Only one thread can acquire the GL at a time, the global_lock_mutex
 	 * enforces this. This interface releases the interpreter if we must wait.
 	 */
-	status = acpi_ex_system_wait_mutex(acpi_gbl_global_lock_mutex, timeout);
+	status = acpi_ex_system_wait_mutex(acpi_gbl_global_lock_mutex, 0);
+	if (status == AE_TIME) {
+		if (acpi_ev_global_lock_thread_id == acpi_os_get_thread_id()) {
+			acpi_ev_global_lock_acquired++;
+			return AE_OK;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		status = acpi_ex_system_wait_mutex(acpi_gbl_global_lock_mutex, timeout);
+	}
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 	}
 
+	acpi_ev_global_lock_thread_id = acpi_os_get_thread_id();
+	acpi_ev_global_lock_acquired++;
+
 	/*
 	 * Make sure that a global lock actually exists. If not, just treat
 	 * the lock as a standard mutex.
@@ -506,6 +521,11 @@ acpi_status acpi_ev_release_global_lock(void)
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NOT_ACQUIRED);
 	}
 
+	acpi_ev_global_lock_acquired--;
+	if (acpi_ev_global_lock_acquired > 0) {
+		return AE_OK;
+	}
+
 	if (acpi_gbl_global_lock_present) {
 
 		/* Allow any thread to release the lock */
@@ -529,7 +549,8 @@ acpi_status acpi_ev_release_global_lock(void)
 	acpi_gbl_global_lock_acquired = FALSE;
 
 	/* Release the local GL mutex */
-
+	acpi_ev_global_lock_thread_id = 0;
+	acpi_ev_global_lock_acquired = 0;
 	acpi_os_release_mutex(acpi_gbl_global_lock_mutex);
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 }