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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evrgnini.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evrgnini.c
index 75ddd160a716..a9092251ce80 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evrgnini.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evrgnini.c
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ acpi_ev_default_region_setup(acpi_handle handle,
* FUNCTION: acpi_ev_initialize_region
*
* PARAMETERS: region_obj - Region we are initializing
- * acpi_ns_locked - Is namespace locked?
*
* RETURN: Status
*
@@ -497,19 +496,28 @@ acpi_ev_default_region_setup(acpi_handle handle,
* MUTEX: Interpreter should be unlocked, because we may run the _REG
* method for this region.
*
+ * NOTE: Possible incompliance:
+ * There is a behavior conflict in automatic _REG execution:
+ * 1. When the interpreter is evaluating a method, we can only
+ * automatically run _REG for the following case:
+ * operation_region (OPR1, 0x80, 0x1000010, 0x4)
+ * 2. When the interpreter is loading a table, we can also
+ * automatically run _REG for the following case:
+ * operation_region (OPR1, 0x80, 0x1000010, 0x4)
+ * Though this may not be compliant to the de-facto standard, the
+ * logic is kept in order not to trigger regressions. And keeping
+ * this logic should be taken care by the caller of this function.
+ *
******************************************************************************/
-acpi_status
-acpi_ev_initialize_region(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj,
- u8 acpi_ns_locked)
+acpi_status acpi_ev_initialize_region(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj)
{
union acpi_operand_object *handler_obj;
union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc;
acpi_adr_space_type space_id;
struct acpi_namespace_node *node;
- acpi_status status;
- ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_U32(ev_initialize_region, acpi_ns_locked);
+ ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ev_initialize_region);
if (!region_obj) {
return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_BAD_PARAMETER);
@@ -580,39 +588,17 @@ acpi_ev_initialize_region(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj,
handler_obj, region_obj,
obj_desc));
- status =
- acpi_ev_attach_region(handler_obj,
- region_obj,
- acpi_ns_locked);
+ (void)acpi_ev_attach_region(handler_obj,
+ region_obj, FALSE);
/*
* Tell all users that this region is usable by
* running the _REG method
*/
- if (acpi_ns_locked) {
- status =
- acpi_ut_release_mutex
- (ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE);
- if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
- return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
- }
- }
-
acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
- status =
- acpi_ev_execute_reg_method(region_obj,
- ACPI_REG_CONNECT);
+ (void)acpi_ev_execute_reg_method(region_obj,
+ ACPI_REG_CONNECT);
acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
-
- if (acpi_ns_locked) {
- status =
- acpi_ut_acquire_mutex
- (ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE);
- if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
- return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
- }
- }
-
return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
}
}
@@ -622,12 +608,15 @@ acpi_ev_initialize_region(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj,
node = node->parent;
}
- /* If we get here, there is no handler for this region */
-
+ /*
+ * If we get here, there is no handler for this region. This is not
+ * fatal because many regions get created before a handler is installed
+ * for said region.
+ */
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_OPREGION,
"No handler for RegionType %s(%X) (RegionObj %p)\n",
acpi_ut_get_region_name(space_id), space_id,
region_obj));
- return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NOT_EXIST);
+ return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
}
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