This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled vfio: platform: Do not pass return buffer to ACPI _RST method to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: vfio-platform-do-not-pass-return-buffer-to-acpi-_rst.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 33e25dadf23f0ddddb1dac75435c9f94bf77233a Author: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Oct 18 12:28:25 2022 -0300 vfio: platform: Do not pass return buffer to ACPI _RST method [ Upstream commit e67e070632a665c932d534b8b800477bb3111449 ] The ACPI _RST method has no return value, there's no need to pass a return buffer to acpi_evaluate_object(). Fixes: d30daa33ec1d ("vfio: platform: call _RST method when using ACPI") Signed-off-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221018152825.891032-1-rafaelmendsr@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_common.c b/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_common.c index 55dc4f43c31e..1a0a238ffa35 100644 --- a/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_common.c +++ b/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_common.c @@ -72,12 +72,11 @@ static int vfio_platform_acpi_call_reset(struct vfio_platform_device *vdev, const char **extra_dbg) { #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI - struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL }; struct device *dev = vdev->device; acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(dev); acpi_status acpi_ret; - acpi_ret = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "_RST", NULL, &buffer); + acpi_ret = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "_RST", NULL, NULL); if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_ret)) { if (extra_dbg) *extra_dbg = acpi_format_exception(acpi_ret);