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Date:	Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:47:21 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@...el.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>, lenb@...nel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	fcr@...net.com.uy, l@...ileo.org, "Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@...el.com>,
	robert.moore@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] ACPI/Battery: Add a _BIX quirk for NEC LZ750/LS

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:42:31PM +0800, Lan Tianyu wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/battery.c b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> index fbf1ace..e98fa83 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> @@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ static int acpi_battery_add(struct acpi_device *device)
>         device->driver_data = battery;
>         mutex_init(&battery->lock);
>         mutex_init(&battery->sysfs_lock);
> -       if (acpi_has_method(battery->device->handle, "_BIX"))
> +       if (acpi_evaluate_object(device->handle, "_BIX", NULL, &buffer);)
>                 set_bit(ACPI_BATTERY_XINFO_PRESENT, &battery->flags);

Doesn't acpi_evaluate_object() return 0 on success? I think:

if (ACPI_SUCESS(acpi_evaluate_object(device->handle, "_BIX", NULL, 
&buffer))

But maybe we should check for existence first and give an FW_BUG message 
to indicate an invalid _BIX?

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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