ACPICA: Update interface to acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name()

Clean up the interface by making the input argument a char *
string instead of a UINT32 name. This is easier to use for all
callers and eliminates casting to *(UINT32*)

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utstring.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utstring.c
index 31a06a17e29d..c53759b76a3f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utstring.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utstring.c
@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ u8 acpi_ut_valid_acpi_char(char character, u32 position)
  *
  * FUNCTION:    acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name
  *
- * PARAMETERS:  name            - The name to be examined
+ * PARAMETERS:  name            - The name to be examined. Does not have to
+ *                                be NULL terminated string.
  *
  * RETURN:      TRUE if the name is valid, FALSE otherwise
  *
@@ -473,15 +474,14 @@ u8 acpi_ut_valid_acpi_char(char character, u32 position)
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-u8 acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(u32 name)
+u8 acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(char *name)
 {
         u32 i;
 
         ACPI_FUNCTION_ENTRY();
 
         for (i = 0; i < ACPI_NAME_SIZE; i++) {
-                if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_char
-                    ((ACPI_CAST_PTR(char, &name))[i], i)) {
+                if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_char(name[i], i)) {
                         return (FALSE);
                 }
         }