Re: [PATCH] ACPI / property: Support strings in Apple _DSM props

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Apr 27 2023 - 12:52:10 EST


On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 8:47 AM Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The Wi-Fi module in x86 Apple machines has a "module-instance" device
> property that specifies the platform type and is used for firmware
> selection. Its value is a string, so add support for string values in
> acpi_extract_apple_properties().
>
> Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/x86/apple.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/x86/apple.c b/drivers/acpi/x86/apple.c
> index 8812ecd03d55..45d0f16f374f 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/x86/apple.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/x86/apple.c
> @@ -71,13 +71,16 @@ void acpi_extract_apple_properties(struct acpi_device *adev)
>
> if ( key->type != ACPI_TYPE_STRING ||
> (val->type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER &&
> - val->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER))
> + val->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER &&
> + val->type != ACPI_TYPE_STRING))
> continue; /* skip invalid properties */
>
> __set_bit(i, valid);
> newsize += key->string.length + 1;
> if ( val->type == ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER)
> newsize += val->buffer.length;
> + else if (val->type == ACPI_TYPE_STRING)
> + newsize += val->string.length + 1;
> }
>
> numvalid = bitmap_weight(valid, numprops);
> @@ -119,6 +122,12 @@ void acpi_extract_apple_properties(struct acpi_device *adev)
> newprops[v].type = val->type;
> if (val->type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
> newprops[v].integer.value = val->integer.value;
> + } else if (val->type == ACPI_TYPE_STRING) {
> + newprops[v].string.length = val->string.length;
> + newprops[v].string.pointer = free_space;
> + memcpy(free_space, val->string.pointer,
> + val->string.length);
> + free_space += val->string.length + 1;
> } else {
> newprops[v].buffer.length = val->buffer.length;
> newprops[v].buffer.pointer = free_space;
>
> ---

Applied as 6.4-rc material, thanks!