ACPICA: Add support for module-level executable AML code

Add limited support for executable AML code that exists outside
of any control method. This type of code has been illegal since
ACPI 2.0.  The code must exist in an If/Else/While block. All AML
tables are supported, including tables that are dynamically loaded.
ACPICA BZ 762.

http://acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=762

Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c
index 483edbb3f44..b1f5f680bc7 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c
@@ -251,6 +251,16 @@ acpi_status acpi_initialize_objects(u32 flags)
         }
 
         /*
+         * Execute any module-level code that was detected during the table load
+         * phase. Although illegal since ACPI 2.0, there are many machines that
+         * contain this type of code. Each block of detected executable AML code
+         * outside of any control method is wrapped with a temporary control
+         * method object and placed on a global list. The methods on this list
+         * are executed below.
+         */
+        acpi_ns_exec_module_code_list();
+
+        /*
          * Initialize the objects that remain uninitialized. This runs the
          * executable AML that may be part of the declaration of these objects:
          * operation_regions, buffer_fields, Buffers, and Packages.