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, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
index 14b8b8ed8023..567a4899a018 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
@@ -578,10 +578,15 @@ acpi_ds_terminate_control_method(union acpi_operand_object *method_desc,
                 }
 
                 /*
-                 * Delete any namespace objects created anywhere within
-                 * the namespace by the execution of this method
+                 * Delete any namespace objects created anywhere within the
+                 * namespace by the execution of this method. Unless this method
+                 * is a module-level executable code method, in which case we
+                 * want make the objects permanent.
                  */
-                acpi_ns_delete_namespace_by_owner(method_desc->method.owner_id);
+                if (!(method_desc->method.flags & AOPOBJ_MODULE_LEVEL)) {
+                        acpi_ns_delete_namespace_by_owner(method_desc->method.
+                                                          owner_id);
+                }
         }
 
         /* Decrement the thread count on the method */
@@ -622,7 +627,9 @@ acpi_ds_terminate_control_method(union acpi_operand_object *method_desc,
 
                 /* No more threads, we can free the owner_id */
 
-                acpi_ut_release_owner_id(&method_desc->method.owner_id);
+                if (!(method_desc->method.flags & AOPOBJ_MODULE_LEVEL)) {
+                        acpi_ut_release_owner_id(&method_desc->method.owner_id);
+                }
         }
 
         return_VOID;