RE: [PATCH v2 1/3] ACPI: Resolve objects on host-directed table loads

[Moore, Robert]

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> Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 1/3] ACPI: Resolve objects on host-directed table
> loads
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> On Tue, 18 Jun 2019, Moore, Robert wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Moore, Robert
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 1:25 PM
> >> To: 'Nikolaus Voss' <nv@xxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: 'Rafael J. Wysocki' <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>; 'Rafael J. Wysocki'
> >> <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 'Len Brown' <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>; Schmauss, Erik
> >> <erik.schmauss@xxxxxxxxx>; 'Jacek Anaszewski'
> >> <jacek.anaszewski@xxxxxxxxx>; 'Pavel Machek' <pavel@xxxxxx>; 'Dan
> >> Murphy' <dmurphy@xxxxxx>; 'Thierry Reding'
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> >> Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 1/3] ACPI: Resolve objects on host-directed
> >> table loads
> >>
> >> If it is in fact the AcpiLoadTable interface that is incorrect, that
> >> of course is different. I'll check that out next.
> >>
> > [Moore, Robert]
> >
> > Yes, this is the issue, not specifically the Load() operator, but the
> > AcpiLoadTable interface only.
> 
> thanks for checking this out. So what is the conclusion? Is my fix of
> AcpiLoadTable() sufficient or do we need a different solution?
> 
> Niko
> 


Your change is in the correct area. We want to do something like this, however:

diff --git a/source/components/executer/exconfig.c b/source/components/executer/exconfig.c
index 84a058ada..eba1a6d28 100644
--- a/source/components/executer/exconfig.c
+++ b/source/components/executer/exconfig.c
@@ -342,10 +342,9 @@ AcpiExLoadTableOp (
         return_ACPI_STATUS (Status);
     }
 
-    /* Complete the initialization/resolution of package objects */
+    /* Complete the initialization/resolution of new objects */
 
-    Status = AcpiNsWalkNamespace (ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE, ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,
-        ACPI_UINT32_MAX, 0, AcpiNsInitOnePackage, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    AcpiNsInitializeObjects ();
 
     /* Parameter Data (optional) */
 
@@ -620,10 +619,11 @@ AcpiExLoadOp (
         return_ACPI_STATUS (Status);
     }
 
-    /* Complete the initialization/resolution of package objects */
+    /* Complete the initialization/resolution of new objects */
 
-    Status = AcpiNsWalkNamespace (ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE, ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,
-        ACPI_UINT32_MAX, 0, AcpiNsInitOnePackage, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    AcpiExExitInterpreter ();
+    AcpiNsInitializeObjects ();
+    AcpiExEnterInterpreter ();
 
     /* Store the DdbHandle into the Target operand */
 
diff --git a/source/components/tables/tbxfload.c b/source/components/tables/tbxfload.c
index 217d54bf0..1e17db6c8 100644
--- a/source/components/tables/tbxfload.c
+++ b/source/components/tables/tbxfload.c
@@ -479,6 +479,13 @@ AcpiLoadTable (
     ACPI_INFO (("Host-directed Dynamic ACPI Table Load:"));
     Status = AcpiTbInstallAndLoadTable (ACPI_PTR_TO_PHYSADDR (Table),
         ACPI_TABLE_ORIGIN_EXTERNAL_VIRTUAL, FALSE, &TableIndex);
+    if (ACPI_SUCCESS (Status))
+    {
+        /* Complete the initialization/resolution of new objects */
+
+        AcpiNsInitializeObjects ();
+    }
+
     return_ACPI_STATUS (Status);
 }



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