Re: [Pcihpd-discuss] [patch] acpiphp: handle dock stations

[Kenji Kaneshige]

Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> +int is_dependent_device(acpi_handle handle)
> +{
> +	struct dependent_device *dd;
> +
> +	if (!ds)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	list_for_each_entry(dd, &ds->dependent_devices, device_list) {
> +		if (handle == dd->handle)
> +			return 1;
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}
(snip.)
> +struct dependent_device * get_dependent_device(acpi_handle handle)
> +{
> +	struct dependent_device *dd;
> +
> +	list_for_each_entry(dd, &ds->dependent_devices, device_list) {
> +		if (handle == dd->handle)
> +			return dd;
> +	}
> +	return NULL;
> +}

Those look very similar...



> +
> +	/* make sure we are dependent on the dock device */
> +	acpi_get_name(dck_handle, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME, &buffer);
> +	status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "_EJD", NULL, &ejd_buffer);
> +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
> +		err("Unable to execute _EJD!\n");
> +		goto find_ejd_out;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* because acpi_get_name will pad the names if they are less
> +	 * than 4 characters, we can't compare the strings returned
> +	 * from _EJD with those returned from acpi_get_name.  So,
> +	 * we have to get a handle to the object referenced by _EJD
> +	 * and then call get name on that.
> +	 */
> +	ejd_obj = ejd_buffer.pointer;
> +	status = acpi_get_handle(NULL, ejd_obj->string.pointer, &tmp);
> +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> +		goto find_ejd_out;
> +	acpi_get_name(tmp, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME, &ejd_name_buffer);
> +
> +	dck_obj = buffer.pointer;
> +	if (!strncmp(ejd_objname, objname, strlen(ejd_objname))) {

I don't think you need to compare pathnames.
Why not just compare ACPI handles like below?

	if (dck_handle == tmp) {
		...

Thanks,
Kenji Kaneshige

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