Re: [PATCH 0/4] ACPICA: Stable material of ACPI executer fixes forlinux-3.8.

From: Kamal Mostafa
Date: Thu Oct 31 2013 - 12:13:04 EST


On Thu, 2013-10-31 at 09:07 +0800, Lv Zheng wrote:
> There are bug-fixes for AML interpreter upstreamed, fixing some serious
> issues found in recent platforms. These fixes make Linux AML interpreter
> more ACPI 2.0 ASL concept compliant. Further AML interpreter fixes should
> be based on such improvements, thus they are good materials for stable.
>
> This patch set can be safely applied to linux-3.8:
> commit 19f949f52599ba7c3f67a5897ac6be14bfcb1200 upstream.
>
> The patch set has passed build/boot tests on the following machines:
> Dell Inspiron Mini 1010 (i386)
> HP Compaq 8200 Elite SFF PC (x86-64)
>
> Bob Moore (4):
> ACPICA: Interpreter: Fix Store() when implicit conversion is not
> possible.
> ACPICA: DeRefOf operator: Update to fully resolve FieldUnit and
> BufferField refs.
> ACPICA: Return error if DerefOf resolves to a null package element.
> ACPICA: Fix for a Store->ArgX when ArgX contains a reference to a
> field.
>
> drivers/acpi/acpica/exoparg1.c | 48 +++++++++++--
> drivers/acpi/acpica/exstore.c | 151 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 2 files changed, 146 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
>
> Cc: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>


OK, I'm queuing these up for 3.8-stable (they'll appear in v3.8.13.13).
Thanks very much Lv, Rafael, and Bob.

-Kamal

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