ACPICA: Add option to disable method return value validation and repair
Runtime option can be used to disable return value repair if this
is causing a problem on a particular machine.
Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
index 9fb03fa..607a9a0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
@@ -193,14 +193,20 @@
}
/*
- * 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;
}