1 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c
index 420ebfe08c72..644e8c8ebc4b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2011, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2012, Intel Corp.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "acnamesp.h"
 #include "acdebug.h"
 #include "actables.h"
+#include "acinterp.h"
 
 #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_UTILITIES
 ACPI_MODULE_NAME("utxface")
@@ -640,4 +641,41 @@ acpi_status acpi_install_interface_handler(acpi_interface_handler handler)
 }
 
 ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_install_interface_handler)
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION:    acpi_check_address_range
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS:  space_id            - Address space ID
+ *              Address             - Start address
+ *              Length              - Length
+ *              Warn                - TRUE if warning on overlap desired
+ *
+ * RETURN:      Count of the number of conflicts detected.
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Check if the input address range overlaps any of the
+ *              ASL operation region address ranges.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+u32
+acpi_check_address_range(acpi_adr_space_type space_id,
+                         acpi_physical_address address,
+                         acpi_size length, u8 warn)
+{
+        u32 overlaps;
+        acpi_status status;
+
+        status = acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE);
+        if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+                return (0);
+        }
+
+        overlaps = acpi_ut_check_address_range(space_id, address,
+                                               (u32)length, warn);
+
+        (void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE);
+        return (overlaps);
+}
+
+ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_check_address_range)
 #endif                          /* !ACPI_ASL_COMPILER */