[PATCH] gpiolib: acpi: Fix gpio count with string references

From: Alban Bedel

Date: Thu Jan 29 2026 - 10:07:52 EST


Since commit 9880702d123f2 ("ACPI: property: Support using strings in
reference properties") it is possible to use strings instead of local
references. This work fine with single GPIO but not with arrays as
acpi_gpio_package_count() didn't handle this case. Update it to handle
strings like local references to cover this case as well.

Signed-off-by: Alban Bedel <alban.bedel@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi-core.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi-core.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi-core.c
index 83dd227dbbecc..effc5ab6864b8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi-core.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi-core.c
@@ -1346,6 +1346,7 @@ static int acpi_gpio_package_count(const union acpi_object *obj)
while (element < end) {
switch (element->type) {
case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE:
+ case ACPI_TYPE_STRING:
element += 3;
fallthrough;
case ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER:
--
2.39.5