From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> There are only 4 users of acpi_evaluate_reference() and none of them actually cares about the reason why it fails. All of them are only interested in whether or not it is successful, so it can return a bool value indicating that. Modify acpi_evaluate_reference() as per the observation above and update its callers accordingly so as to get rid of useless code and local variables. The observable behavior of the kernel is not expected to change after this modification of the code. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpi_lpss.c | 5 --- drivers/acpi/scan.c | 5 +-- drivers/acpi/thermal.c | 4 --- drivers/acpi/utils.c | 32 +++++++++---------------- drivers/platform/surface/surface_acpi_notify.c | 4 --- include/acpi/acpi_bus.h | 8 ++---- 6 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/utils.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/utils.c +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/utils.c @@ -329,19 +329,18 @@ const char *acpi_get_subsystem_id(acpi_h } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_get_subsystem_id); -acpi_status -acpi_evaluate_reference(acpi_handle handle, - acpi_string pathname, - struct acpi_object_list *arguments, - struct acpi_handle_list *list) +bool acpi_evaluate_reference(acpi_handle handle, acpi_string pathname, + struct acpi_object_list *arguments, + struct acpi_handle_list *list) { struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL }; union acpi_object *package; acpi_status status; + bool ret = false; u32 i; if (!list) - return AE_BAD_PARAMETER; + return false; /* Evaluate object. */ @@ -352,42 +351,35 @@ acpi_evaluate_reference(acpi_handle hand package = buffer.pointer; if (buffer.length == 0 || !package || - package->type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE || !package->package.count) { - status = AE_BAD_DATA; + package->type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE || !package->package.count) goto err; - } list->count = package->package.count; list->handles = kcalloc(list->count, sizeof(*list->handles), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!list->handles) { - status = AE_NO_MEMORY; + if (!list->handles) goto err_clear; - } /* Extract package data. */ for (i = 0; i < list->count; i++) { union acpi_object *element = &(package->package.elements[i]); - if (element->type != ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE) { - status = AE_BAD_DATA; + if (element->type != ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE || + !element->reference.handle) goto err_free; - } - if (!element->reference.handle) { - status = AE_NULL_ENTRY; - goto err_free; - } /* Get the acpi_handle. */ list->handles[i] = element->reference.handle; acpi_handle_debug(list->handles[i], "Found in reference list\n"); } + ret = true; + end: kfree(buffer.pointer); - return status; + return ret; err_free: kfree(list->handles); Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpss.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpss.c +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpss.c @@ -565,16 +565,13 @@ static struct device *acpi_lpss_find_dev static bool acpi_lpss_dep(struct acpi_device *adev, acpi_handle handle) { struct acpi_handle_list dep_devices; - acpi_status status; bool ret = false; int i; if (!acpi_has_method(adev->handle, "_DEP")) return false; - status = acpi_evaluate_reference(adev->handle, "_DEP", NULL, - &dep_devices); - if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { + if (!acpi_evaluate_reference(adev->handle, "_DEP", NULL, &dep_devices)) { dev_dbg(&adev->dev, "Failed to evaluate _DEP.\n"); return false; } Index: linux-pm/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h +++ linux-pm/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h @@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ acpi_status acpi_evaluate_integer(acpi_handle handle, acpi_string pathname, struct acpi_object_list *arguments, unsigned long long *data); -acpi_status -acpi_evaluate_reference(acpi_handle handle, - acpi_string pathname, - struct acpi_object_list *arguments, - struct acpi_handle_list *list); +bool acpi_evaluate_reference(acpi_handle handle, acpi_string pathname, + struct acpi_object_list *arguments, + struct acpi_handle_list *list); bool acpi_handle_list_equal(struct acpi_handle_list *list1, struct acpi_handle_list *list2); void acpi_handle_list_replace(struct acpi_handle_list *dst, Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/scan.c +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c @@ -1984,7 +1984,6 @@ static void acpi_scan_init_hotplug(struc static u32 acpi_scan_check_dep(acpi_handle handle) { struct acpi_handle_list dep_devices; - acpi_status status; u32 count; int i; @@ -1997,8 +1996,7 @@ static u32 acpi_scan_check_dep(acpi_hand if (!acpi_has_method(handle, "_DEP") || !acpi_has_method(handle, "_HID")) return 0; - status = acpi_evaluate_reference(handle, "_DEP", NULL, &dep_devices); - if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { + if (!acpi_evaluate_reference(handle, "_DEP", NULL, &dep_devices)) { acpi_handle_debug(handle, "Failed to evaluate _DEP.\n"); return 0; } @@ -2007,6 +2005,7 @@ static u32 acpi_scan_check_dep(acpi_hand struct acpi_device_info *info; struct acpi_dep_data *dep; bool skip, honor_dep; + acpi_status status; status = acpi_get_object_info(dep_devices.handles[i], &info); if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/thermal.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/thermal.c +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/thermal.c @@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ static bool update_trip_devices(struct a { struct acpi_handle_list devices = { 0 }; char method[] = "_PSL"; - acpi_status status; if (index != ACPI_THERMAL_TRIP_PASSIVE) { method[1] = 'A'; @@ -252,8 +251,7 @@ static bool update_trip_devices(struct a method[3] = '0' + index; } - status = acpi_evaluate_reference(tz->device->handle, method, NULL, &devices); - if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { + if (!acpi_evaluate_reference(tz->device->handle, method, NULL, &devices)) { acpi_handle_info(tz->device->handle, "%s evaluation failure\n", method); return false; } Index: linux-pm/drivers/platform/surface/surface_acpi_notify.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/platform/surface/surface_acpi_notify.c +++ linux-pm/drivers/platform/surface/surface_acpi_notify.c @@ -740,15 +740,13 @@ static bool is_san_consumer(struct platf { struct acpi_handle_list dep_devices; acpi_handle supplier = ACPI_HANDLE(&pdev->dev); - acpi_status status; bool ret = false; int i; if (!acpi_has_method(handle, "_DEP")) return false; - status = acpi_evaluate_reference(handle, "_DEP", NULL, &dep_devices); - if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { + if (!acpi_evaluate_reference(handle, "_DEP", NULL, &dep_devices)) { san_consumer_dbg(&pdev->dev, handle, "failed to evaluate _DEP\n"); return false; }