linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI / tables: add DSDT AmlCode new declaration name support

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Date:   Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:38:34 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Wang Dongsheng <dongsheng.wang@...-semitech.com>
Cc:     robert.moore@...el.com, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI / tables: add DSDT AmlCode new declaration name support

On Tuesday, November 13, 2018 11:46:23 AM CET Wang Dongsheng wrote:
> The new naming rule is added in acpica version 20180427.
> So the dsdt aml code name changes from "AmlCode" to "dsdt_aml_code".
> 
> The patch that introduces naming rules is:
> https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/f9a88a4c1cd020b6a5475d63b29626852a0b5f37
> 
> Tested:
> ACPICA release version 20180427+.
> ARM64: QCOM QDF2400
> GCC: 4.8.5 20150623
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Dongsheng <dongsheng.wang@...-semitech.com>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/Kconfig  |  2 +-
>  drivers/acpi/tables.c | 10 ++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> index 9705fc986da9..15ab53a52fdc 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> @@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ config ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_FILE
>  	  See Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt
>  
>  	  Enter the full path name to the file which includes the AmlCode
> -	  declaration.
> +	  or dsdt_aml_code declaration.
>  
>  	  If unsure, don't enter a file name.
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables.c b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
> index a3d012b08fc5..297020bbaade 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
> @@ -713,6 +713,9 @@ acpi_os_physical_table_override(struct acpi_table_header *existing_table,
>  					  table_length);
>  }
>  
> +static void *amlcode __attribute__ ((weakref("AmlCode")));
> +static void *dsdt_amlcode __attribute__ ((weakref("dsdt_aml_code")));
> +
>  acpi_status
>  acpi_os_table_override(struct acpi_table_header *existing_table,
>  		       struct acpi_table_header **new_table)
> @@ -723,8 +726,11 @@ acpi_os_table_override(struct acpi_table_header *existing_table,
>  	*new_table = NULL;
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT
> -	if (strncmp(existing_table->signature, "DSDT", 4) == 0)
> -		*new_table = (struct acpi_table_header *)AmlCode;
> +	if (!strncmp(existing_table->signature, "DSDT", 4)) {
> +		*new_table = (struct acpi_table_header *)&amlcode;
> +		if (!(*new_table))
> +			*new_table = (struct acpi_table_header *)&dsdt_amlcode;
> +	}
>  #endif
>  	if (*new_table != NULL)
>  		acpi_table_taint(existing_table);
> 

Applied with some changelog modifications, thanks!