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[pandora-kernel.git] / drivers / acpi / namespace / nseval.c
1 /*******************************************************************************
2  *
3  * Module Name: nseval - Object evaluation, includes control method execution
4  *
5  ******************************************************************************/
6
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43
44 #include <acpi/acpi.h>
45 #include <acpi/acparser.h>
46 #include <acpi/acinterp.h>
47 #include <acpi/acnamesp.h>
48
49 #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_NAMESPACE
50 ACPI_MODULE_NAME("nseval")
51
52 /*******************************************************************************
53  *
54  * FUNCTION:    acpi_ns_evaluate
55  *
56  * PARAMETERS:  Info            - Evaluation info block, contains:
57  *                  prefix_node     - Prefix or Method/Object Node to execute
58  *                  Pathname        - Name of method to execute, If NULL, the
59  *                                    Node is the object to execute
60  *                  Parameters      - List of parameters to pass to the method,
61  *                                    terminated by NULL. Params itself may be
62  *                                    NULL if no parameters are being passed.
63  *                  return_object   - Where to put method's return value (if
64  *                                    any). If NULL, no value is returned.
65  *                  parameter_type  - Type of Parameter list
66  *                  return_object   - Where to put method's return value (if
67  *                                    any). If NULL, no value is returned.
68  *                  Flags           - ACPI_IGNORE_RETURN_VALUE to delete return
69  *
70  * RETURN:      Status
71  *
72  * DESCRIPTION: Execute a control method or return the current value of an
73  *              ACPI namespace object.
74  *
75  * MUTEX:       Locks interpreter
76  *
77  ******************************************************************************/
78 acpi_status acpi_ns_evaluate(struct acpi_evaluate_info *info)
79 {
80         acpi_status status;
81
82         ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ns_evaluate);
83
84         if (!info) {
85                 return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_BAD_PARAMETER);
86         }
87
88         /* Initialize the return value to an invalid object */
89
90         info->return_object = NULL;
91
92         /*
93          * Get the actual namespace node for the target object. Handles these cases:
94          *
95          * 1) Null node, Pathname (absolute path)
96          * 2) Node, Pathname (path relative to Node)
97          * 3) Node, Null Pathname
98          */
99         status = acpi_ns_get_node(info->prefix_node, info->pathname,
100                                   ACPI_NS_NO_UPSEARCH, &info->resolved_node);
101         if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
102                 return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
103         }
104
105         /*
106          * For a method alias, we must grab the actual method node so that proper
107          * scoping context will be established before execution.
108          */
109         if (acpi_ns_get_type(info->resolved_node) ==
110             ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_METHOD_ALIAS) {
111                 info->resolved_node =
112                     ACPI_CAST_PTR(struct acpi_namespace_node,
113                                   info->resolved_node->object);
114         }
115
116         ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_NAMES, "%s [%p] Value %p\n", info->pathname,
117                           info->resolved_node,
118                           acpi_ns_get_attached_object(info->resolved_node)));
119
120         /*
121          * Two major cases here:
122          *
123          * 1) The object is a control method -- execute it
124          * 2) The object is not a method -- just return it's current value
125          */
126         if (acpi_ns_get_type(info->resolved_node) == ACPI_TYPE_METHOD) {
127                 /*
128                  * 1) Object is a control method - execute it
129                  */
130
131                 /* Verify that there is a method object associated with this node */
132
133                 info->obj_desc =
134                     acpi_ns_get_attached_object(info->resolved_node);
135                 if (!info->obj_desc) {
136                         ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
137                                     "Control method has no attached sub-object"));
138                         return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NULL_OBJECT);
139                 }
140
141                 ACPI_DUMP_PATHNAME(info->resolved_node, "Execute Method:",
142                                    ACPI_LV_INFO, _COMPONENT);
143
144                 ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_EXEC,
145                                   "Method at AML address %p Length %X\n",
146                                   info->obj_desc->method.aml_start + 1,
147                                   info->obj_desc->method.aml_length - 1));
148
149                 /*
150                  * Any namespace deletion must acquire both the namespace and
151                  * interpreter locks to ensure that no thread is using the portion of
152                  * the namespace that is being deleted.
153                  *
154                  * Execute the method via the interpreter. The interpreter is locked
155                  * here before calling into the AML parser
156                  */
157                 status = acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
158                 if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
159                         return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
160                 }
161
162                 status = acpi_ps_execute_method(info);
163                 acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
164         } else {
165                 /*
166                  * 2) Object is not a method, return its current value
167                  */
168
169                 /*
170                  * Objects require additional resolution steps (e.g., the Node may be
171                  * a field that must be read, etc.) -- we can't just grab the object
172                  * out of the node.
173                  *
174                  * Use resolve_node_to_value() to get the associated value.
175                  *
176                  * NOTE: we can get away with passing in NULL for a walk state because
177                  * resolved_node is guaranteed to not be a reference to either a method
178                  * local or a method argument (because this interface is never called
179                  * from a running method.)
180                  *
181                  * Even though we do not directly invoke the interpreter for object
182                  * resolution, we must lock it because we could access an opregion.
183                  * The opregion access code assumes that the interpreter is locked.
184                  */
185                 status = acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
186                 if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
187                         return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
188                 }
189
190                 /* Function has a strange interface */
191
192                 status =
193                     acpi_ex_resolve_node_to_value(&info->resolved_node, NULL);
194                 acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
195
196                 /*
197                  * If acpi_ex_resolve_node_to_value() succeeded, the return value was placed
198                  * in resolved_node.
199                  */
200                 if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
201                         status = AE_CTRL_RETURN_VALUE;
202                         info->return_object =
203                             ACPI_CAST_PTR(union acpi_operand_object,
204                                           info->resolved_node);
205
206                         ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_NAMES,
207                                           "Returning object %p [%s]\n",
208                                           info->return_object,
209                                           acpi_ut_get_object_type_name(info->
210                                                                        return_object)));
211                 }
212         }
213
214         /*
215          * Check if there is a return value that must be dealt with
216          */
217         if (status == AE_CTRL_RETURN_VALUE) {
218
219                 /* If caller does not want the return value, delete it */
220
221                 if (info->flags & ACPI_IGNORE_RETURN_VALUE) {
222                         acpi_ut_remove_reference(info->return_object);
223                         info->return_object = NULL;
224                 }
225
226                 /* Map AE_CTRL_RETURN_VALUE to AE_OK, we are done with it */
227
228                 status = AE_OK;
229         }
230
231         ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_NAMES,
232                           "*** Completed evaluation of object %s ***\n",
233                           info->pathname));
234
235         /*
236          * Namespace was unlocked by the handling acpi_ns* function, so we
237          * just return
238          */
239         return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
240 }