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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h6
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h1
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/acpredef.h1
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c19
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c15
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c27
6 files changed, 58 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
index 73863d86f022..76dc02f15574 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_copy_dsdt_locally, FALSE);
*/
u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_truncate_io_addresses, FALSE);
+/*
+ * Disable runtime checking and repair of values returned by control methods.
+ * Use only if the repair is causing a problem on a particular machine.
+ */
+u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_disable_auto_repair, FALSE);
+
/* acpi_gbl_FADT is a local copy of the FADT, converted to a common format. */
struct acpi_table_fadt acpi_gbl_FADT;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
index c7f743ca395b..5552125d8340 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ struct acpi_predefined_data {
char *pathname;
const union acpi_predefined_info *predefined;
union acpi_operand_object *parent_package;
+ struct acpi_namespace_node *node;
u32 flags;
u8 node_flags;
};
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acpredef.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acpredef.h
index 94e73c97cf85..c445cca490ea 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acpredef.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acpredef.h
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ static const union acpi_predefined_info predefined_names[] =
{{"_SWS", 0, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER}},
{{"_TC1", 0, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER}},
{{"_TC2", 0, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER}},
+ {{"_TDL", 0, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER}},
{{"_TIP", 1, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER}},
{{"_TIV", 1, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER}},
{{"_TMP", 0, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER}},
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
index 9fb03fa8ffde..c845c8089f39 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
@@ -193,14 +193,20 @@ acpi_ns_check_predefined_names(struct acpi_namespace_node *node,
}
/*
- * 1) We have a return value, but if one wasn't expected, just exit, this is
- * not a problem. For example, if the "Implicit Return" feature is
- * enabled, methods will always return a value.
+ * Return value validation and possible repair.
*
- * 2) If the return value can be of any type, then we cannot perform any
- * validation, exit.
+ * 1) Don't perform return value validation/repair if this feature
+ * has been disabled via a global option.
+ *
+ * 2) We have a return value, but if one wasn't expected, just exit,
+ * this is not a problem. For example, if the "Implicit Return"
+ * feature is enabled, methods will always return a value.
+ *
+ * 3) If the return value can be of any type, then we cannot perform
+ * any validation, just exit.
*/
- if ((!predefined->info.expected_btypes) ||
+ if (acpi_gbl_disable_auto_repair ||
+ (!predefined->info.expected_btypes) ||
(predefined->info.expected_btypes == ACPI_RTYPE_ALL)) {
goto cleanup;
}
@@ -212,6 +218,7 @@ acpi_ns_check_predefined_names(struct acpi_namespace_node *node,
goto cleanup;
}
data->predefined = predefined;
+ data->node = node;
data->node_flags = node->flags;
data->pathname = pathname;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
index 973883babee1..024c4f263f87 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
@@ -503,6 +503,21 @@ acpi_ns_repair_TSS(struct acpi_predefined_data *data,
{
union acpi_operand_object *return_object = *return_object_ptr;
acpi_status status;
+ struct acpi_namespace_node *node;
+
+ /*
+ * We can only sort the _TSS return package if there is no _PSS in the
+ * same scope. This is because if _PSS is present, the ACPI specification
+ * dictates that the _TSS Power Dissipation field is to be ignored, and
+ * therefore some BIOSs leave garbage values in the _TSS Power field(s).
+ * In this case, it is best to just return the _TSS package as-is.
+ * (May, 2011)
+ */
+ status =
+ acpi_ns_get_node(data->node, "^_PSS", ACPI_NS_NO_UPSEARCH, &node);
+ if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
+ return (AE_OK);
+ }
status = acpi_ns_check_sorted_list(data, return_object, 5, 1,
ACPI_SORT_DESCENDING,
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
index 48db0944ce4a..62365f6075dd 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
@@ -126,12 +126,29 @@ acpi_tb_add_table(struct acpi_table_desc *table_desc, u32 *table_index)
}
/*
- * Originally, we checked the table signature for "SSDT" or "PSDT" here.
- * Next, we added support for OEMx tables, signature "OEM".
- * Valid tables were encountered with a null signature, so we've just
- * given up on validating the signature, since it seems to be a waste
- * of code. The original code was removed (05/2008).
+ * Validate the incoming table signature.
+ *
+ * 1) Originally, we checked the table signature for "SSDT" or "PSDT".
+ * 2) We added support for OEMx tables, signature "OEM".
+ * 3) Valid tables were encountered with a null signature, so we just
+ * gave up on validating the signature, (05/2008).
+ * 4) We encountered non-AML tables such as the MADT, which caused
+ * interpreter errors and kernel faults. So now, we once again allow
+ * only "SSDT", "OEMx", and now, also a null signature. (05/2011).
*/
+ if ((table_desc->pointer->signature[0] != 0x00) &&
+ (!ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(table_desc->pointer->signature, ACPI_SIG_SSDT))
+ && (ACPI_STRNCMP(table_desc->pointer->signature, "OEM", 3))) {
+ ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+ "Table has invalid signature [%4.4s] (0x%8.8X), must be SSDT or OEMx",
+ acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(*(u32 *)table_desc->
+ pointer->
+ signature) ? table_desc->
+ pointer->signature : "????",
+ *(u32 *)table_desc->pointer->signature));
+
+ return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_BAD_SIGNATURE);
+ }
(void)acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);