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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c17
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c8
-rw-r--r--include/acpi/acpixf.h5
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c
index c1069165625d..14c953e6fe9e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c
@@ -149,6 +149,23 @@ unlock:
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
"**** Completed Table Object Initialization\n"));
+ /*
+ * Execute any module-level code that was detected during the table load
+ * phase. Although illegal since ACPI 2.0, there are many machines that
+ * contain this type of code. Each block of detected executable AML code
+ * outside of any control method is wrapped with a temporary control
+ * method object and placed on a global list. The methods on this list
+ * are executed below.
+ *
+ * This case executes the module-level code for each table immediately
+ * after the table has been loaded. This provides compatibility with
+ * other ACPI implementations. Optionally, the execution can be deferred
+ * until later, see acpi_initialize_objects.
+ */
+ if (!acpi_gbl_group_module_level_code) {
+ acpi_ns_exec_module_code_list();
+ }
+
return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
}
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c
index 1c7ed4986963..e38facd3e32f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c
@@ -292,8 +292,14 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_initialize_objects(u32 flags)
* outside of any control method is wrapped with a temporary control
* method object and placed on a global list. The methods on this list
* are executed below.
+ *
+ * This case executes the module-level code for all tables only after
+ * all of the tables have been loaded. It is a legacy option and is
+ * not compatible with other ACPI implementations. See acpi_ns_load_table.
*/
- acpi_ns_exec_module_code_list();
+ if (acpi_gbl_group_module_level_code) {
+ acpi_ns_exec_module_code_list();
+ }
/*
* Initialize the objects that remain uninitialized. This runs the
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpixf.h b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
index d60507b755f6..8c95e82691a5 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpixf.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_copy_dsdt_locally, FALSE);
ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_do_not_use_xsdt, FALSE);
/*
+ * Optionally support group module level code.
+ */
+ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_group_module_level_code, TRUE);
+
+/*
* Optionally use 32-bit FADT addresses if and when there is a conflict
* (address mismatch) between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the
* address. Although ACPICA adheres to the ACPI specification which
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