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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4] ACPI: Fix acpi_evaluate_object() return value check
On 2014/1/23 5:37, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Yijing Wang <wangyijing@huawei.com> wrote:
>> Since acpi_evaluate_object() returns acpi_status and not plain int,
>> ACPI_FAILURE() should be used for checking its return value.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@huawei.com>
>> ---
>> v3->v4: Fix spell error, add Jani Nikula reviewed-by.
>> v2->v3: Fix compile error pointed out by Hanjun.
>> v1->v2: Add CC to related subsystem MAINTAINERS
>> ---
>> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_acpi.c | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
>> drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mxm/base.c | 9 +++++----
>> drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.c | 23 +++++++++++++----------
>> drivers/pci/pci-label.c | 9 ++++++---
>
> For the drivers/pci/pci-label.c part,
>
> Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>

Thanks.

>
>> + status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "_DSM", &input, &output);
>> + if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
>> + DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("failed to evaluate _DSM: %s\n",
>> + acpi_format_exception(status));
>
> It's too bad there isn't an easy way to produce more informative error
> messages, e.g., by including a namespace path or something. A message
> like:
>
> failed to evaluate _DSM: A requested entity is not found
>
> is only useful if there's enough context to figure out what's going on.

Yes, I will add the namespace path into the debug info, thanks!

>
> Bjorn
>
> .
>


--
Thanks!
Yijing



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