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authorBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>2018-10-03 11:45:38 -0700
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2018-10-04 09:06:27 +0200
commit8b1cafdcb4b75c5027c52f1e82b47ebe727ad7ed (patch)
treef14df2f6483c072c1e8179b3bd0b9e43eae58860 /drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c
parent9e9f8733a9a1f1375058b13421258fcd92aca75e (diff)
downloadlinux-8b1cafdcb4b75c5027c52f1e82b47ebe727ad7ed.tar.bz2
ACPICA: Never run _REG on system_memory and system_IO
These address spaces are defined by the ACPI spec to be "always available", and thus _REG should never be run on them. Provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Erik Schmauss <erik.schmauss@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c17
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c
index 70c2bd169f66..49decca4e08f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c
@@ -653,6 +653,19 @@ acpi_ev_execute_reg_methods(struct acpi_namespace_node *node,
ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ev_execute_reg_methods);
+ /*
+ * These address spaces do not need a call to _REG, since the ACPI
+ * specification defines them as: "must always be accessible". Since
+ * they never change state (never become unavailable), no need to ever
+ * call _REG on them. Also, a data_table is not a "real" address space,
+ * so do not call _REG. September 2018.
+ */
+ if ((space_id == ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_MEMORY) ||
+ (space_id == ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_IO) ||
+ (space_id == ACPI_ADR_SPACE_DATA_TABLE)) {
+ return_VOID;
+ }
+
info.space_id = space_id;
info.function = function;
info.reg_run_count = 0;
@@ -714,8 +727,8 @@ acpi_ev_reg_run(acpi_handle obj_handle,
}
/*
- * We only care about regions.and objects that are allowed to have address
- * space handlers
+ * We only care about regions and objects that are allowed to have
+ * address space handlers
*/
if ((node->type != ACPI_TYPE_REGION) && (node != acpi_gbl_root_node)) {
return (AE_OK);