[PATCH v2] ACPI: utils: Ignore leading root scope prefix in string _UID match

From: Mario Limonciello

Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 00:32:51 EST


Firmware may express an ACPI namespace path used as a _UID with or
without the leading root scope character ('\'). For example, an AMD
IVRS IVHD ACPI HID device entry may carry a character UID of
"\_SB.MHSP" while the corresponding device's _UID evaluates to
"_SB.MHSP" (or vice versa). This semantic difference is due to how
Windows PnP enumerates and uses devices.

acpi_str_uid_match() compared the two strings verbatim, so such
entries failed to match on the UID even though they refer to the same
object. In the AMD IOMMU case (get_acpihid_device_id()) this caused
the exact HID+UID match to be missed and the code to fall through to
the HID-only path, spuriously raising a FW_BUG.

Skip a single leading '\' on either string before comparing so that
paths that differ only by the root scope prefix are treated as a
match. The integer _UID path is unaffected.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
---
v2:
* Add kdoc
* Make sure the string is at least two characters long to normalize
---
include/acpi/acpi_bus.h | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index a10a591c18b23..cfc3c8a21cb8e 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -826,11 +826,29 @@ static inline bool acpi_dev_hid_match(struct acpi_device *adev, const char *hid2
return hid1 && hid2 && !strcmp(hid1, hid2);
}

+/**
+ * acpi_str_uid_match - Compare ACPI string _UID values
+ * @adev: ACPI device providing the primary _UID
+ * @uid2: Secondary _UID string to check against
+ *
+ * Returns true when both _UID strings match after optionally removing a
+ * leading root scope character ('\') when the string contains additional
+ * characters. Returns false if either _UID is missing or differs after the
+ * normalization.
+ */
static inline bool acpi_str_uid_match(struct acpi_device *adev, const char *uid2)
{
const char *uid1 = acpi_device_uid(adev);

- return uid1 && uid2 && !strcmp(uid1, uid2);
+ if (!uid1 || !uid2)
+ return false;
+
+ if (*uid1 == '\\' && uid1[1])
+ uid1++;
+ if (*uid2 == '\\' && uid2[1])
+ uid2++;
+
+ return !strcmp(uid1, uid2);
}

static inline bool acpi_int_uid_match(struct acpi_device *adev, u64 uid2)
--
2.43.0