[PATCH v2 1/2] ACPI: utils: Add api to read _SUB from ACPI

[Stefan Binding <sbinding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Add a wrapper function to read the _SUB string from ACPI.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Binding <sbinding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/acpi/utils.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/acpi.h |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
index 3a9773a09e19..4ef9ee4ad0d8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
@@ -291,6 +291,44 @@ int acpi_get_local_address(acpi_handle handle, u32 *addr)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_get_local_address);
 
+#define ACPI_MAX_SUB_BUF_SIZE	9
+
+const char *acpi_get_subsystem_id(acpi_handle handle)
+{
+	struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
+	union acpi_object *obj;
+	acpi_status status;
+	const char *sub;
+
+	status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, METHOD_NAME__SUB, NULL, &buffer);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		acpi_handle_debug(handle, "Reading ACPI _SUB failed: %#x\n", status);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
+	}
+
+	obj = buffer.pointer;
+	if (obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_STRING) {
+		if (strlen(obj->string.pointer) < ACPI_MAX_SUB_BUF_SIZE &&
+		    strlen(obj->string.pointer) > 0) {
+			sub = kstrdup(obj->string.pointer, GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!sub)
+				sub = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		} else {
+			acpi_handle_err(handle, "ACPI _SUB Length %d is Invalid\n",
+					strlen(obj->string.pointer));
+			sub = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		}
+	} else {
+		acpi_handle_warn(handle, "Warning ACPI _SUB did not return a string\n");
+		sub = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	acpi_os_free(buffer.pointer);
+
+	return sub;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_get_subsystem_id);
+
 acpi_status
 acpi_evaluate_reference(acpi_handle handle,
 			acpi_string pathname,
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 4f82a5bc6d98..1c13fc077f42 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ static inline u64 acpi_arch_get_root_pointer(void)
 #endif
 
 int acpi_get_local_address(acpi_handle handle, u32 *addr);
+const char *acpi_get_subsystem_id(acpi_handle handle);
 
 #else	/* !CONFIG_ACPI */
 
@@ -1023,6 +1024,11 @@ static inline int acpi_get_local_address(acpi_handle handle, u32 *addr)
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
+static inline const char *acpi_get_subsystem_id(acpi_handle handle);
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+}
+
 static inline int acpi_register_wakeup_handler(int wake_irq,
 	bool (*wakeup)(void *context), void *context)
 {
-- 
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