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authorBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>2008-04-10 19:06:39 +0400
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2008-04-22 14:29:24 -0400
commit53cf174409a24e8388e1d554d27436275fc81fe7 (patch)
tree52883d192ba1b4bd978a8ca9d30af1e533679e70 /drivers/acpi/executer
parent1c12a7dde1752f2c40fe170cabff463a0b362720 (diff)
ACPICA: Fix for Alias operator to see target child objects
Fixed a problem with the Alias operator when the target of the alias is a named ASL operator that opens a new scope -- Scope, Device, PowerResource, Processor, and ThermalZone. In these cases, any children of the original operator could not be accessed via the alias, potentially causing unexpected AE_NOT_FOUND exceptions. Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/executer')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/executer/excreate.c20
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/excreate.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/excreate.c
index 6e9a23e47fef..b3914395851b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/excreate.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/excreate.c
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ acpi_status acpi_ex_create_alias(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
* to the original Node.
*/
switch (target_node->type) {
+
+ /* For these types, the sub-object can change dynamically via a Store */
+
case ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER:
case ACPI_TYPE_STRING:
case ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER:
@@ -103,9 +106,18 @@ acpi_status acpi_ex_create_alias(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
case ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER_FIELD:
/*
+ * These types open a new scope, so we need the NS node in order to access
+ * any children.
+ */
+ case ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE:
+ case ACPI_TYPE_POWER:
+ case ACPI_TYPE_PROCESSOR:
+ case ACPI_TYPE_THERMAL:
+ case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_SCOPE:
+
+ /*
* The new alias has the type ALIAS and points to the original
- * NS node, not the object itself. This is because for these
- * types, the object can change dynamically via a Store.
+ * NS node, not the object itself.
*/
alias_node->type = ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_ALIAS;
alias_node->object =
@@ -115,9 +127,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ex_create_alias(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
case ACPI_TYPE_METHOD:
/*
- * The new alias has the type ALIAS and points to the original
- * NS node, not the object itself. This is because for these
- * types, the object can change dynamically via a Store.
+ * Control method aliases need to be differentiated
*/
alias_node->type = ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_METHOD_ALIAS;
alias_node->object =