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authorBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>2011-07-04 08:24:03 +0000
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2011-07-13 23:51:48 -0400
commitd57b23ad0ca7a46931e4d98eb6b4b73b112f0969 (patch)
tree5699d8d0e057eb21e4012561bbf06be965272a15 /drivers/acpi
parent80f40ce0f10e87d9a27f1e29325c6f39245fbcb1 (diff)
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ACPICA: Add option to disable method return value validation and repair
Runtime option can be used to disable return value repair if this is causing a problem on a particular machine. Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h6
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c18
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
index 73863d86f022..76dc02f15574 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_copy_dsdt_locally, FALSE);
*/
u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_truncate_io_addresses, FALSE);
+/*
+ * Disable runtime checking and repair of values returned by control methods.
+ * Use only if the repair is causing a problem on a particular machine.
+ */
+u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_disable_auto_repair, FALSE);
+
/* acpi_gbl_FADT is a local copy of the FADT, converted to a common format. */
struct acpi_table_fadt acpi_gbl_FADT;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
index 9fb03fa8ffde..607a9a035262 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
@@ -193,14 +193,20 @@ acpi_ns_check_predefined_names(struct acpi_namespace_node *node,
}
/*
- * 1) We have a return value, but if one wasn't expected, just exit, this is
- * not a problem. For example, if the "Implicit Return" feature is
- * enabled, methods will always return a value.
+ * Return value validation and possible repair.
*
- * 2) If the return value can be of any type, then we cannot perform any
- * validation, exit.
+ * 1) Don't perform return value validation/repair if this feature
+ * has been disabled via a global option.
+ *
+ * 2) We have a return value, but if one wasn't expected, just exit,
+ * this is not a problem. For example, if the "Implicit Return"
+ * feature is enabled, methods will always return a value.
+ *
+ * 3) If the return value can be of any type, then we cannot perform
+ * any validation, just exit.
*/
- if ((!predefined->info.expected_btypes) ||
+ if (acpi_gbl_disable_auto_repair ||
+ (!predefined->info.expected_btypes) ||
(predefined->info.expected_btypes == ACPI_RTYPE_ALL)) {
goto cleanup;
}