Merge tag 'acpi-4.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm

Pull ACPI updates from Rafael Wysocki: "The majority of this is an update of the ACPICA kernel code to upstream revision 20171215 with a cosmetic change and a maintainers information update on top of it. The rest is mostly some minor fixes and cleanups in the ACPI drivers and cleanups to initialization on x86. Specifics: - Update the ACPICA kernel code to upstream revision 20171215 including: * Support for ACPI 6.0A changes in the NFIT table (Bob Moore) * Local 64-bit divide in string conversions (Bob Moore) * Fix for a regression in acpi_evaluate_object_type() (Bob Moore) * Fixes for memory leaks during package object resolution (Bob Moore) * Deployment of safe version of strncpy() (Bob Moore) * Debug and messaging updates (Bob Moore) * Support for PDTT, SDEV, TPM2 tables in iASL and tools (Bob Moore) * Null pointer dereference avoidance in Op and cleanups (Colin Ian King) * Fix for memory leak from building prefixed pathname (Erik Schmauss) * Coding style fixes, disassembler and compiler updates (Hanjun Guo, Erik Schmauss) * Additional PPTT flags from ACPI 6.2 (Jeremy Linton) * Fix for an off-by-one error in acpi_get_timer_duration() (Jung-uk Kim) * Infinite loop detection timeout and utilities cleanups (Lv Zheng) * Windows 10 version 1607 and 1703 OSI strings (Mario Limonciello) - Update ACPICA information in MAINTAINERS to reflect the current status of ACPICA maintenance and rename a local variable in one function to match the corresponding upstream code (Rafael Wysocki) - Clean up ACPI-related initialization on x86 (Andy Shevchenko) - Add support for Intel Merrifield to the ACPI GPIO code (Andy Shevchenko) - Clean up ACPI PMIC drivers (Andy Shevchenko, Arvind Yadav) - Fix the ACPI Generic Event Device (GED) driver to free IRQs on shutdown and clean up the PCI IRQ Link driver (Sinan Kaya) - Make the GHES code call into the AER driver on all errors and clean up the ACPI APEI code (Colin Ian King, Tyler Baicar) - Make the IA64 ACPI NUMA code parse all SRAT entries (Ganapatrao Kulkarni) - Add a lid switch blacklist to the ACPI button driver and make it print extra debug messages on lid events (Hans de Goede) - Add quirks for Asus GL502VSK and UX305LA to the ACPI battery driver and clean it up somewhat (Bjørn Mork, Kai-Heng Feng) - Add device link for CHT SD card dependency on I2C to the ACPI LPSS (Intel SoCs) driver and make it avoid creating platform device objects for devices without MMIO resources (Adrian Hunter, Hans de Goede) - Fix the ACPI GPE mask kernel command line parameter handling (Prarit Bhargava) - Fix the handling of (incorrectly exposed) backlight interfaces without LCD (Hans de Goede) - Fix the usage of debugfs_create_*() in the ACPI EC driver (Geert Uytterhoeven)" * tag 'acpi-4.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm: (62 commits) ACPI/PCI: pci_link: reduce verbosity when IRQ is enabled ACPI / LPSS: Do not instiate platform_dev for devs without MMIO resources ACPI / PMIC: Convert to use builtin_platform_driver() macro ACPI / x86: boot: Propagate error code in acpi_gsi_to_irq() ACPICA: Update version to 20171215 ACPICA: trivial style fix, no functional change ACPICA: Fix a couple memory leaks during package object resolution ACPICA: Recognize the Windows 10 version 1607 and 1703 OSI strings ACPICA: DT compiler: prevent error if optional field at the end of table is not present ACPICA: Rename a global variable, no functional change ACPICA: Create and deploy safe version of strncpy ACPICA: Cleanup the global variables and update comments ACPICA: Debugger: fix slight indentation issue ACPICA: Fix a regression in the acpi_evaluate_object_type() interface ACPICA: Update for a few debug output statements ACPICA: Debug output, no functional change ACPI: EC: Fix debugfs_create_*() usage ACPI / video: Default lcd_only to true on Win8-ready and newer machines ACPI / x86: boot: Don't setup SCI on HW-reduced platforms ACPI / x86: boot: Use INVALID_ACPI_IRQ instead of 0 for acpi_sci_override_gsi ...
2026-04-30 13:48:59 -07:00 · 2018-01-29 10:17:53 -08:00
parent 7f3fdd40a7 a7f2766ac7
commit 1a9a126b50
69 changed files with 1214 additions and 412 deletions
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
 			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
 			GPE floodings.
 			Format: <int>
-			Support masking of GPEs numbered from 0x00 to 0x7f.

 	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
 			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ F:	drivers/acpi/apei/

 ACPI COMPONENT ARCHITECTURE (ACPICA)
 M:	Robert Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
-M:	Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
+M:	Erik Schmauss <erik.schmauss@intel.com>
 M:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
 L:	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
 L:	devel@acpica.org
@@ -504,6 +504,11 @@ acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init(struct acpi_srat_mem_affinity *ma)
 	if (!(ma->flags & ACPI_SRAT_MEM_ENABLED))
 		return -1;

+	if (num_node_memblks >= NR_NODE_MEMBLKS) {
+		pr_err("NUMA: too many memblk ranges\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* record this node in proximity bitmap */
 	pxm_bit_set(pxm);

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern int acpi_fix_pin2_polarity;
 extern int acpi_disable_cmcff;

 extern u8 acpi_sci_flags;
-extern int acpi_sci_override_gsi;
+extern u32 acpi_sci_override_gsi;
 void acpi_pic_sci_set_trigger(unsigned int, u16);

 struct device;
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ int acpi_ioapic;
 int acpi_strict;
 int acpi_disable_cmcff;

+/* ACPI SCI override configuration */
 u8 acpi_sci_flags __initdata;
-int acpi_sci_override_gsi __initdata;
+u32 acpi_sci_override_gsi __initdata = INVALID_ACPI_IRQ;
 int acpi_skip_timer_override __initdata;
 int acpi_use_timer_override __initdata;
 int acpi_fix_pin2_polarity __initdata;
@@ -112,8 +113,6 @@ static u32 isa_irq_to_gsi[NR_IRQS_LEGACY] __read_mostly = {
 	0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
 };

-#define	ACPI_INVALID_GSI		INT_MIN
-
 /*
 * This is just a simple wrapper around early_memremap(),
 * with sanity checks for phys == 0 and size == 0.
@@ -372,7 +371,7 @@ static void __init mp_override_legacy_irq(u8 bus_irq, u8 polarity, u8 trigger,
 	 * and acpi_isa_irq_to_gsi() may give wrong result.
 	 */
 	if (gsi < nr_legacy_irqs() && isa_irq_to_gsi[gsi] == gsi)
-		isa_irq_to_gsi[gsi] = ACPI_INVALID_GSI;
+		isa_irq_to_gsi[gsi] = INVALID_ACPI_IRQ;
 	isa_irq_to_gsi[bus_irq] = gsi;
 }

@@ -620,24 +619,24 @@ int acpi_gsi_to_irq(u32 gsi, unsigned int *irqp)
 	}

 	rc = acpi_get_override_irq(gsi, &trigger, &polarity);
-	if (rc == 0) {
-		trigger = trigger ? ACPI_LEVEL_SENSITIVE : ACPI_EDGE_SENSITIVE;
-		polarity = polarity ? ACPI_ACTIVE_LOW : ACPI_ACTIVE_HIGH;
-		irq = acpi_register_gsi(NULL, gsi, trigger, polarity);
-		if (irq >= 0) {
-			*irqp = irq;
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;

-	return -1;
+	trigger = trigger ? ACPI_LEVEL_SENSITIVE : ACPI_EDGE_SENSITIVE;
+	polarity = polarity ? ACPI_ACTIVE_LOW : ACPI_ACTIVE_HIGH;
+	irq = acpi_register_gsi(NULL, gsi, trigger, polarity);
+	if (irq < 0)
+		return irq;
+
+	*irqp = irq;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_gsi_to_irq);

 int acpi_isa_irq_to_gsi(unsigned isa_irq, u32 *gsi)
 {
 	if (isa_irq < nr_legacy_irqs() &&
-	    isa_irq_to_gsi[isa_irq] != ACPI_INVALID_GSI) {
+	    isa_irq_to_gsi[isa_irq] != INVALID_ACPI_IRQ) {
 		*gsi = isa_irq_to_gsi[isa_irq];
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -676,8 +675,7 @@ static int acpi_register_gsi_ioapic(struct device *dev, u32 gsi,
 	mutex_lock(&acpi_ioapic_lock);
 	irq = mp_map_gsi_to_irq(gsi, IOAPIC_MAP_ALLOC, &info);
 	/* Don't set up the ACPI SCI because it's already set up */
-	if (irq >= 0 && enable_update_mptable &&
-	    acpi_gbl_FADT.sci_interrupt != gsi)
+	if (irq >= 0 && enable_update_mptable && gsi != acpi_gbl_FADT.sci_interrupt)
 		mp_config_acpi_gsi(dev, gsi, trigger, polarity);
 	mutex_unlock(&acpi_ioapic_lock);
 #endif
@@ -1211,8 +1209,9 @@ static int __init acpi_parse_madt_ioapic_entries(void)
 	/*
 	 * If BIOS did not supply an INT_SRC_OVR for the SCI
 	 * pretend we got one so we can set the SCI flags.
+	 * But ignore setting up SCI on hardware reduced platforms.
 	 */
-	if (!acpi_sci_override_gsi)
+	if (acpi_sci_override_gsi == INVALID_ACPI_IRQ && !acpi_gbl_reduced_hardware)
 		acpi_sci_ioapic_setup(acpi_gbl_FADT.sci_interrupt, 0, 0,
 				      acpi_gbl_FADT.sci_interrupt);

@@ -427,6 +427,142 @@ out:
 	return 0;
 }

+struct lpss_device_links {
+	const char *supplier_hid;
+	const char *supplier_uid;
+	const char *consumer_hid;
+	const char *consumer_uid;
+	u32 flags;
+};
+
+/*
+ * The _DEP method is used to identify dependencies but instead of creating
+ * device links for every handle in _DEP, only links in the following list are
+ * created. That is necessary because, in the general case, _DEP can refer to
+ * devices that might not have drivers, or that are on different buses, or where
+ * the supplier is not enumerated until after the consumer is probed.
+ */
+static const struct lpss_device_links lpss_device_links[] = {
+	{"808622C1", "7", "80860F14", "3", DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME},
+};
+
+static bool hid_uid_match(const char *hid1, const char *uid1,
+			  const char *hid2, const char *uid2)
+{
+	return !strcmp(hid1, hid2) && uid1 && uid2 && !strcmp(uid1, uid2);
+}
+
+static bool acpi_lpss_is_supplier(struct acpi_device *adev,
+				  const struct lpss_device_links *link)
+{
+	return hid_uid_match(acpi_device_hid(adev), acpi_device_uid(adev),
+			     link->supplier_hid, link->supplier_uid);
+}
+
+static bool acpi_lpss_is_consumer(struct acpi_device *adev,
+				  const struct lpss_device_links *link)
+{
+	return hid_uid_match(acpi_device_hid(adev), acpi_device_uid(adev),
+			     link->consumer_hid, link->consumer_uid);
+}
+
+struct hid_uid {
+	const char *hid;
+	const char *uid;
+};
+
+static int match_hid_uid(struct device *dev, void *data)
+{
+	struct acpi_device *adev = ACPI_COMPANION(dev);
+	struct hid_uid *id = data;
+
+	if (!adev)
+		return 0;
+
+	return hid_uid_match(acpi_device_hid(adev), acpi_device_uid(adev),
+			     id->hid, id->uid);
+}
+
+static struct device *acpi_lpss_find_device(const char *hid, const char *uid)
+{
+	struct hid_uid data = {
+		.hid = hid,
+		.uid = uid,
+	};
+
+	return bus_find_device(&platform_bus_type, NULL, &data, match_hid_uid);
+}
+
+static bool acpi_lpss_dep(struct acpi_device *adev, acpi_handle handle)
+{
+	struct acpi_handle_list dep_devices;
+	acpi_status status;
+	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)) {
+		dev_dbg(&adev->dev, "Failed to evaluate _DEP.\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dep_devices.count; i++) {
+		if (dep_devices.handles[i] == handle)
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static void acpi_lpss_link_consumer(struct device *dev1,
+				    const struct lpss_device_links *link)
+{
+	struct device *dev2;
+
+	dev2 = acpi_lpss_find_device(link->consumer_hid, link->consumer_uid);
+	if (!dev2)
+		return;
+
+	if (acpi_lpss_dep(ACPI_COMPANION(dev2), ACPI_HANDLE(dev1)))
+		device_link_add(dev2, dev1, link->flags);
+
+	put_device(dev2);
+}
+
+static void acpi_lpss_link_supplier(struct device *dev1,
+				    const struct lpss_device_links *link)
+{
+	struct device *dev2;
+
+	dev2 = acpi_lpss_find_device(link->supplier_hid, link->supplier_uid);
+	if (!dev2)
+		return;
+
+	if (acpi_lpss_dep(ACPI_COMPANION(dev1), ACPI_HANDLE(dev2)))
+		device_link_add(dev1, dev2, link->flags);
+
+	put_device(dev2);
+}
+
+static void acpi_lpss_create_device_links(struct acpi_device *adev,
+					  struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lpss_device_links); i++) {
+		const struct lpss_device_links *link = &lpss_device_links[i];
+
+		if (acpi_lpss_is_supplier(adev, link))
+			acpi_lpss_link_consumer(&pdev->dev, link);
+
+		if (acpi_lpss_is_consumer(adev, link))
+			acpi_lpss_link_supplier(&pdev->dev, link);
+	}
+}
+
 static int acpi_lpss_create_device(struct acpi_device *adev,
 				   const struct acpi_device_id *id)
 {
@@ -465,6 +601,8 @@ static int acpi_lpss_create_device(struct acpi_device *adev,
 	acpi_dev_free_resource_list(&resource_list);

 	if (!pdata->mmio_base) {
+		/* Avoid acpi_bus_attach() instantiating a pdev for this dev. */
+		adev->pnp.type.platform_id = 0;
 		/* Skip the device, but continue the namespace scan. */
 		ret = 0;
 		goto err_out;
@@ -500,6 +638,7 @@ static int acpi_lpss_create_device(struct acpi_device *adev,
 	adev->driver_data = pdata;
 	pdev = acpi_create_platform_device(adev, dev_desc->properties);
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(pdev)) {
+		acpi_lpss_create_device_links(adev, pdev);
 		return 1;
 	}

@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(report_key_events,
 static bool device_id_scheme = false;
 module_param(device_id_scheme, bool, 0444);

-static bool only_lcd = false;
-module_param(only_lcd, bool, 0444);
+static int only_lcd = -1;
+module_param(only_lcd, int, 0444);

 static int register_count;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(register_count_mutex);
@@ -2136,6 +2136,16 @@ int acpi_video_register(void)
 		goto leave;
 	}

+	/*
+	 * We're seeing a lot of bogus backlight interfaces on newer machines
+	 * without a LCD such as desktops, servers and HDMI sticks. Checking
+	 * the lcd flag fixes this, so enable this on any machines which are
+	 * win8 ready (where we also prefer the native backlight driver, so
+	 * normally the acpi_video code should not register there anyways).
+	 */
+	if (only_lcd == -1)
+		only_lcd = acpi_osi_is_win8();
+
 	dmi_check_system(video_dmi_table);

 	ret = acpi_bus_register_driver(&acpi_video_bus);
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
 	prefix, ACPICA_COPYRIGHT, \
 	prefix

+#define ACPI_COMMON_BUILD_TIME \
+	"Build date/time: %s %s\n", __DATE__, __TIME__
+
 /* Macros for usage messages */

 #define ACPI_USAGE_HEADER(usage) \
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ ACPI_DBR_DEPENDENT_RETURN_VOID(void
 void
 acpi_db_execute(char *name, char **args, acpi_object_type *types, u32 flags);

+void
+acpi_db_create_execution_thread(char *method_name_arg,
+				char **arguments, acpi_object_type *types);
+
 void
 acpi_db_create_execution_threads(char *num_threads_arg,
 				 char *num_loops_arg, char *method_name_arg);
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@

 /*****************************************************************************
 *
- * Globals related to the ACPI tables
+ * Globals related to the incoming ACPI tables
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_integer_nybble_width);

 /*****************************************************************************
 *
- * Mutual exclusion within ACPICA subsystem
+ * Mutual exclusion within the ACPICA subsystem
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_next_owner_id_offset);

 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_namespace_initialized, FALSE);

-/* Misc */
+/* Miscellaneous */

 ACPI_GLOBAL(u32, acpi_gbl_original_mode);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u32, acpi_gbl_ns_lookup_count);
@@ -191,10 +191,9 @@ extern const char acpi_gbl_lower_hex_digits[];
 extern const char acpi_gbl_upper_hex_digits[];
 extern const struct acpi_opcode_info acpi_gbl_aml_op_info[AML_NUM_OPCODES];

-#ifdef ACPI_DBG_TRACK_ALLOCATIONS
-
 /* Lists for tracking memory allocations (debug only) */

+#ifdef ACPI_DBG_TRACK_ALLOCATIONS
 ACPI_GLOBAL(struct acpi_memory_list *, acpi_gbl_global_list);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(struct acpi_memory_list *, acpi_gbl_ns_node_list);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_display_final_mem_stats);
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_disable_mem_tracking);

 /*****************************************************************************
 *
- * Namespace globals
+ * ACPI Namespace
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

@@ -234,15 +233,20 @@ ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u32, acpi_gbl_nesting_level, 0);

 /*****************************************************************************
 *
- * Interpreter globals
+ * Interpreter/Parser globals
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

-ACPI_GLOBAL(struct acpi_thread_state *, acpi_gbl_current_walk_list);
-
 /* Control method single step flag */

 ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_cm_single_step);
+ACPI_GLOBAL(struct acpi_thread_state *, acpi_gbl_current_walk_list);
+ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(union acpi_parse_object, *acpi_gbl_current_scope, NULL);
+
+/* ASL/ASL+ converter */
+
+ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_capture_comments, FALSE);
+ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_comment_node, *acpi_gbl_last_list_head, NULL);

 /*****************************************************************************
 *
@@ -252,7 +256,6 @@ ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_cm_single_step);

 extern struct acpi_bit_register_info
    acpi_gbl_bit_register_info[ACPI_NUM_BITREG];
-
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_sleep_type_a);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_sleep_type_b);

@@ -263,7 +266,6 @@ ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_sleep_type_b);
 ****************************************************************************/

 #if (!ACPI_REDUCED_HARDWARE)
-
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_all_gpes_initialized);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(struct acpi_gpe_xrupt_info *, acpi_gbl_gpe_xrupt_list_head);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(struct acpi_gpe_block_info *,
@@ -272,10 +274,8 @@ ACPI_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_event_handler, acpi_gbl_global_event_handler);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(void *, acpi_gbl_global_event_handler_context);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(struct acpi_fixed_event_handler,
 	    acpi_gbl_fixed_event_handlers[ACPI_NUM_FIXED_EVENTS]);
-
 extern struct acpi_fixed_event_info
    acpi_gbl_fixed_event_info[ACPI_NUM_FIXED_EVENTS];
-
 #endif				/* !ACPI_REDUCED_HARDWARE */

 /*****************************************************************************
@@ -291,14 +291,14 @@ ACPI_GLOBAL(u32, acpi_gpe_count);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u32, acpi_sci_count);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u32, acpi_fixed_event_count[ACPI_NUM_FIXED_EVENTS]);

-/* Support for dynamic control method tracing mechanism */
+/* Dynamic control method tracing mechanism */

 ACPI_GLOBAL(u32, acpi_gbl_original_dbg_level);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u32, acpi_gbl_original_dbg_layer);

 /*****************************************************************************
 *
- * Debugger and Disassembler globals
+ * Debugger and Disassembler
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ ACPI_GLOBAL(struct acpi_external_file *, acpi_gbl_external_file_list);
 #endif

 #ifdef ACPI_DEBUGGER
-
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_abort_method, FALSE);
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_thread_id, acpi_gbl_db_thread_id, ACPI_INVALID_THREAD_ID);

@@ -340,7 +339,6 @@ ACPI_GLOBAL(u32, acpi_gbl_db_console_debug_level);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(struct acpi_namespace_node *, acpi_gbl_db_scope_node);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_db_terminate_loop);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_db_threads_terminated);
-
 ACPI_GLOBAL(char *, acpi_gbl_db_args[ACPI_DEBUGGER_MAX_ARGS]);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(acpi_object_type, acpi_gbl_db_arg_types[ACPI_DEBUGGER_MAX_ARGS]);

@@ -350,32 +348,33 @@ ACPI_GLOBAL(char, acpi_gbl_db_parsed_buf[ACPI_DB_LINE_BUFFER_SIZE]);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(char, acpi_gbl_db_scope_buf[ACPI_DB_LINE_BUFFER_SIZE]);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(char, acpi_gbl_db_debug_filename[ACPI_DB_LINE_BUFFER_SIZE]);

-/*
- * Statistic globals
- */
+/* Statistics globals */
+
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u16, acpi_gbl_obj_type_count[ACPI_TOTAL_TYPES]);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u16, acpi_gbl_node_type_count[ACPI_TOTAL_TYPES]);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u16, acpi_gbl_obj_type_count_misc);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u16, acpi_gbl_node_type_count_misc);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u32, acpi_gbl_num_nodes);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(u32, acpi_gbl_num_objects);
-
 #endif				/* ACPI_DEBUGGER */

 #if defined (ACPI_DISASSEMBLER) || defined (ACPI_ASL_COMPILER)
-
 ACPI_GLOBAL(const char, *acpi_gbl_pld_panel_list[]);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(const char, *acpi_gbl_pld_vertical_position_list[]);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(const char, *acpi_gbl_pld_horizontal_position_list[]);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(const char, *acpi_gbl_pld_shape_list[]);
-
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_disasm_flag, FALSE);
-
 #endif

-/*
- * Meant for the -ca option.
- */
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * ACPICA application-specific globals
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/* ASL-to-ASL+ conversion utility (implemented within the iASL compiler) */
+
+#ifdef ACPI_ASL_COMPILER
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(char *, acpi_gbl_current_inline_comment, NULL);
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(char *, acpi_gbl_current_end_node_comment, NULL);
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(char *, acpi_gbl_current_open_brace_comment, NULL);
@@ -386,23 +385,18 @@ ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(char *, acpi_gbl_current_filename, NULL);
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(char *, acpi_gbl_current_parent_filename, NULL);
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(char *, acpi_gbl_current_include_filename, NULL);

-ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_comment_node, *acpi_gbl_last_list_head, NULL);
-
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_comment_node, *acpi_gbl_def_blk_comment_list_head,
 		 NULL);
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_comment_node, *acpi_gbl_def_blk_comment_list_tail,
 		 NULL);
-
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_comment_node, *acpi_gbl_reg_comment_list_head,
 		 NULL);
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_comment_node, *acpi_gbl_reg_comment_list_tail,
 		 NULL);
-
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_comment_node, *acpi_gbl_inc_comment_list_head,
 		 NULL);
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_comment_node, *acpi_gbl_inc_comment_list_tail,
 		 NULL);
-
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_comment_node, *acpi_gbl_end_blk_comment_list_head,
 		 NULL);
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_comment_node, *acpi_gbl_end_blk_comment_list_tail,
@@ -410,30 +404,18 @@ ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_comment_node, *acpi_gbl_end_blk_comment_list_tail,

 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_comment_addr_node,
 		 *acpi_gbl_comment_addr_list_head, NULL);
-
-ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(union acpi_parse_object, *acpi_gbl_current_scope, NULL);
-
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(struct acpi_file_node, *acpi_gbl_file_tree_root, NULL);

 ACPI_GLOBAL(acpi_cache_t *, acpi_gbl_reg_comment_cache);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(acpi_cache_t *, acpi_gbl_comment_addr_cache);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(acpi_cache_t *, acpi_gbl_file_cache);

-ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, gbl_capture_comments, FALSE);
-
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_debug_asl_conversion, FALSE);
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(ACPI_FILE, acpi_gbl_conv_debug_file, NULL);
-
 ACPI_GLOBAL(char, acpi_gbl_table_sig[4]);
-
-/*****************************************************************************
- *
- * Application globals
- *
- ****************************************************************************/
+#endif

 #ifdef ACPI_APPLICATION
-
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(ACPI_FILE, acpi_gbl_debug_file, NULL);
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(ACPI_FILE, acpi_gbl_output_file, NULL);
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_debug_timeout, FALSE);
@@ -442,16 +424,6 @@ ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_debug_timeout, FALSE);

 ACPI_GLOBAL(acpi_spinlock, acpi_gbl_print_lock);	/* For print buffer */
 ACPI_GLOBAL(char, acpi_gbl_print_buffer[1024]);
-
 #endif				/* ACPI_APPLICATION */

-/*****************************************************************************
- *
- * Info/help support
- *
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-extern const struct ah_predefined_name asl_predefined_info[];
-extern const struct ah_device_id asl_device_ids[];
-
 #endif				/* __ACGLOBAL_H__ */
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ struct acpi_control_state {
 	union acpi_parse_object *predicate_op;
 	u8 *aml_predicate_start;	/* Start of if/while predicate */
 	u8 *package_end;	/* End of if/while block */
-	u32 loop_count;		/* While() loop counter */
+	u64 loop_timeout;	/* While() loop timeout */
 };

 /*
@@ -1218,16 +1218,17 @@ struct acpi_db_method_info {
 	acpi_object_type *types;

 	/*
-	 * Arguments to be passed to method for the command
-	 * Threads -
-	 *   the Number of threads, ID of current thread and
-	 *   Index of current thread inside all them created.
+	 * Arguments to be passed to method for the commands Threads and
+	 * Background. Note, ACPI specifies a maximum of 7 arguments (0 - 6).
+	 *
+	 * For the Threads command, the Number of threads, ID of current
+	 * thread and Index of current thread inside all them created.
 	 */
 	char init_args;
 #ifdef ACPI_DEBUGGER
-	acpi_object_type arg_types[4];
+	acpi_object_type arg_types[ACPI_METHOD_NUM_ARGS];
 #endif
-	char *arguments[4];
+	char *arguments[ACPI_METHOD_NUM_ARGS];
 	char num_threads_str[11];
 	char id_of_thread_str[11];
 	char index_of_thread_str[11];
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
 * the plist contains a set of parens to allow variable-length lists.
 * These macros are used for both the debug and non-debug versions of the code.
 */
-#define ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(s, e)          acpi_ut_namespace_error (AE_INFO, s, e);
+#define ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(s, p, e)       acpi_ut_prefixed_namespace_error (AE_INFO, s, p, e);
 #define ACPI_ERROR_METHOD(s, n, p, e)       acpi_ut_method_error (AE_INFO, s, n, p, e);
 #define ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED(plist)         acpi_ut_predefined_warning plist
 #define ACPI_INFO_PREDEFINED(plist)         acpi_ut_predefined_info plist
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ acpi_ns_build_normalized_path(struct acpi_namespace_node *node,
 char *acpi_ns_get_normalized_pathname(struct acpi_namespace_node *node,
 				      u8 no_trailing);

+char *acpi_ns_build_prefixed_pathname(union acpi_generic_state *prefix_scope,
+				      const char *internal_path);
+
 char *acpi_ns_name_of_current_scope(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state);

 acpi_status
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ extern const char *acpi_gbl_ptyp_decode[];
 #ifndef ACPI_MSG_ERROR
 #define ACPI_MSG_ERROR          "ACPI Error: "
 #endif
-#ifndef ACPI_MSG_EXCEPTION
-#define ACPI_MSG_EXCEPTION      "ACPI Exception: "
-#endif
 #ifndef ACPI_MSG_WARNING
 #define ACPI_MSG_WARNING        "ACPI Warning: "
 #endif
@@ -129,10 +126,10 @@ extern const char *acpi_gbl_ptyp_decode[];
 #endif

 #ifndef ACPI_MSG_BIOS_ERROR
-#define ACPI_MSG_BIOS_ERROR     "ACPI BIOS Error (bug): "
+#define ACPI_MSG_BIOS_ERROR     "Firmware Error (ACPI): "
 #endif
 #ifndef ACPI_MSG_BIOS_WARNING
-#define ACPI_MSG_BIOS_WARNING   "ACPI BIOS Warning (bug): "
+#define ACPI_MSG_BIOS_WARNING   "Firmware Warning (ACPI): "
 #endif

 /*
@@ -233,10 +230,10 @@ u64 acpi_ut_implicit_strtoul64(char *string);
 */
 acpi_status acpi_ut_init_globals(void);

-#if defined(ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT) || defined(ACPI_DEBUGGER)
-
 const char *acpi_ut_get_mutex_name(u32 mutex_id);

+#if defined(ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT) || defined(ACPI_DEBUGGER)
+
 const char *acpi_ut_get_notify_name(u32 notify_value, acpi_object_type type);
 #endif

@@ -641,9 +638,11 @@ void ut_convert_backslashes(char *pathname);

 void acpi_ut_repair_name(char *name);

-#if defined (ACPI_DEBUGGER) || defined (ACPI_APPLICATION)
+#if defined (ACPI_DEBUGGER) || defined (ACPI_APPLICATION) || defined (ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT)
 u8 acpi_ut_safe_strcpy(char *dest, acpi_size dest_size, char *source);

+void acpi_ut_safe_strncpy(char *dest, char *source, acpi_size dest_size);
+
 u8 acpi_ut_safe_strcat(char *dest, acpi_size dest_size, char *source);

 u8
@@ -737,9 +736,11 @@ acpi_ut_predefined_bios_error(const char *module_name,
 			      u8 node_flags, const char *format, ...);

 void
-acpi_ut_namespace_error(const char *module_name,
-			u32 line_number,
-			const char *internal_name, acpi_status lookup_status);
+acpi_ut_prefixed_namespace_error(const char *module_name,
+				 u32 line_number,
+				 union acpi_generic_state *prefix_scope,
+				 const char *internal_name,
+				 acpi_status lookup_status);

 void
 acpi_ut_method_error(const char *module_name,
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ static acpi_status
 acpi_db_execution_walk(acpi_handle obj_handle,
 		       u32 nesting_level, void *context, void **return_value);

+static void ACPI_SYSTEM_XFACE acpi_db_single_execution_thread(void *context);
+
 /*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_db_delete_objects
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ static acpi_status acpi_db_execute_setup(struct acpi_db_method_info *info)

 	ACPI_FUNCTION_NAME(db_execute_setup);

-	/* Catenate the current scope to the supplied name */
+	/* Concatenate the current scope to the supplied name */

 	info->pathname[0] = 0;
 	if ((info->name[0] != '\\') && (info->name[0] != '/')) {
@@ -609,6 +611,112 @@ static void ACPI_SYSTEM_XFACE acpi_db_method_thread(void *context)
 	}
 }

+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION:    acpi_db_single_execution_thread
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS:  context                 - Method info struct
+ *
+ * RETURN:      None
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Create one thread and execute a method
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+static void ACPI_SYSTEM_XFACE acpi_db_single_execution_thread(void *context)
+{
+	struct acpi_db_method_info *info = context;
+	acpi_status status;
+	struct acpi_buffer return_obj;
+
+	acpi_os_printf("\n");
+
+	status = acpi_db_execute_method(info, &return_obj);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		acpi_os_printf("%s During evaluation of %s\n",
+			       acpi_format_exception(status), info->pathname);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Display a return object, if any */
+
+	if (return_obj.length) {
+		acpi_os_printf("Evaluation of %s returned object %p, "
+			       "external buffer length %X\n",
+			       acpi_gbl_db_method_info.pathname,
+			       return_obj.pointer, (u32)return_obj.length);
+
+		acpi_db_dump_external_object(return_obj.pointer, 1);
+	}
+
+	acpi_os_printf("\nBackground thread completed\n%c ",
+		       ACPI_DEBUGGER_COMMAND_PROMPT);
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION:    acpi_db_create_execution_thread
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS:  method_name_arg         - Control method to execute
+ *              arguments               - Array of arguments to the method
+ *              types                   - Corresponding array of object types
+ *
+ * RETURN:      None
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Create a single thread to evaluate a namespace object. Handles
+ *              arguments passed on command line for control methods.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+void
+acpi_db_create_execution_thread(char *method_name_arg,
+				char **arguments, acpi_object_type *types)
+{
+	acpi_status status;
+	u32 i;
+
+	memset(&acpi_gbl_db_method_info, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_db_method_info));
+	acpi_gbl_db_method_info.name = method_name_arg;
+	acpi_gbl_db_method_info.init_args = 1;
+	acpi_gbl_db_method_info.args = acpi_gbl_db_method_info.arguments;
+	acpi_gbl_db_method_info.types = acpi_gbl_db_method_info.arg_types;
+
+	/* Setup method arguments, up to 7 (0-6) */
+
+	for (i = 0; (i < ACPI_METHOD_NUM_ARGS) && *arguments; i++) {
+		acpi_gbl_db_method_info.arguments[i] = *arguments;
+		arguments++;
+
+		acpi_gbl_db_method_info.arg_types[i] = *types;
+		types++;
+	}
+
+	status = acpi_db_execute_setup(&acpi_gbl_db_method_info);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Get the NS node, determines existence also */
+
+	status = acpi_get_handle(NULL, acpi_gbl_db_method_info.pathname,
+				 &acpi_gbl_db_method_info.method);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		acpi_os_printf("%s Could not get handle for %s\n",
+			       acpi_format_exception(status),
+			       acpi_gbl_db_method_info.pathname);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	status = acpi_os_execute(OSL_DEBUGGER_EXEC_THREAD,
+				 acpi_db_single_execution_thread,
+				 &acpi_gbl_db_method_info);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	acpi_os_printf("\nBackground thread started\n");
+}
+
 /*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_db_create_execution_threads
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ void acpi_db_open_debug_file(char *name)
 	}

 	acpi_os_printf("Debug output file %s opened\n", name);
-	strncpy(acpi_gbl_db_debug_filename, name,
-		sizeof(acpi_gbl_db_debug_filename));
+	acpi_ut_safe_strncpy(acpi_gbl_db_debug_filename, name,
+			     sizeof(acpi_gbl_db_debug_filename));
 	acpi_gbl_db_output_to_file = TRUE;
 }
 #endif
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ enum acpi_ex_debugger_commands {
 	CMD_UNLOAD,

 	CMD_TERMINATE,
+	CMD_BACKGROUND,
 	CMD_THREADS,

 	CMD_TEST,
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ static const struct acpi_db_command_info acpi_gbl_db_commands[] = {
 	{"UNLOAD", 1},

 	{"TERMINATE", 0},
+	{"BACKGROUND", 1},
 	{"THREADS", 3},

 	{"TEST", 1},
@@ -222,36 +224,12 @@ static const struct acpi_db_command_info acpi_gbl_db_commands[] = {
 /*
 * Help for all debugger commands. First argument is the number of lines
 * of help to output for the command.
+ *
+ * Note: Some commands are not supported by the kernel-level version of
+ * the debugger.
 */
 static const struct acpi_db_command_help acpi_gbl_db_command_help[] = {
-	{0, "\nGeneral-Purpose Commands:", "\n"},
-	{1, "  Allocations", "Display list of current memory allocations\n"},
-	{2, "  Dump <Address>|<Namepath>", "\n"},
-	{0, "       [Byte|Word|Dword|Qword]",
-	 "Display ACPI objects or memory\n"},
-	{1, "  Handlers", "Info about global handlers\n"},
-	{1, "  Help [Command]", "This help screen or individual command\n"},
-	{1, "  History", "Display command history buffer\n"},
-	{1, "  Level <DebugLevel>] [console]",
-	 "Get/Set debug level for file or console\n"},
-	{1, "  Locks", "Current status of internal mutexes\n"},
-	{1, "  Osi [Install|Remove <name>]",
-	 "Display or modify global _OSI list\n"},
-	{1, "  Quit or Exit", "Exit this command\n"},
-	{8, "  Stats <SubCommand>",
-	 "Display namespace and memory statistics\n"},
-	{1, "     Allocations", "Display list of current memory allocations\n"},
-	{1, "     Memory", "Dump internal memory lists\n"},
-	{1, "     Misc", "Namespace search and mutex stats\n"},
-	{1, "     Objects", "Summary of namespace objects\n"},
-	{1, "     Sizes", "Sizes for each of the internal objects\n"},
-	{1, "     Stack", "Display CPU stack usage\n"},
-	{1, "     Tables", "Info about current ACPI table(s)\n"},
-	{1, "  Tables", "Display info about loaded ACPI tables\n"},
-	{1, "  ! <CommandNumber>", "Execute command from history buffer\n"},
-	{1, "  !!", "Execute last command again\n"},
-
-	{0, "\nNamespace Access Commands:", "\n"},
+	{0, "\nNamespace Access:", "\n"},
 	{1, "  Businfo", "Display system bus info\n"},
 	{1, "  Disassemble <Method>", "Disassemble a control method\n"},
 	{1, "  Find <AcpiName> (? is wildcard)",
@@ -275,19 +253,74 @@ static const struct acpi_db_command_help acpi_gbl_db_command_help[] = {
 	{1, "  Template <Object>", "Format/dump a Buffer/ResourceTemplate\n"},
 	{1, "  Type <Object>", "Display object type\n"},

-	{0, "\nControl Method Execution Commands:", "\n"},
+	{0, "\nControl Method Execution:", "\n"},
+	{1, "  Evaluate <Namepath> [Arguments]",
+	 "Evaluate object or control method\n"},
+	{1, "  Execute <Namepath> [Arguments]", "Synonym for Evaluate\n"},
+#ifdef ACPI_APPLICATION
+	{1, "  Background <Namepath> [Arguments]",
+	 "Evaluate object/method in a separate thread\n"},
+	{1, "  Thread <Threads><Loops><NamePath>",
+	 "Spawn threads to execute method(s)\n"},
+#endif
+	{1, "  Debug <Namepath> [Arguments]", "Single-Step a control method\n"},
+	{7, "  [Arguments] formats:", "Control method argument formats\n"},
+	{1, "     Hex Integer", "Integer\n"},
+	{1, "     \"Ascii String\"", "String\n"},
+	{1, "     (Hex Byte List)", "Buffer\n"},
+	{1, "         (01 42 7A BF)", "Buffer example (4 bytes)\n"},
+	{1, "     [Package Element List]", "Package\n"},
+	{1, "         [0x01 0x1234 \"string\"]",
+	 "Package example (3 elements)\n"},
+
+	{0, "\nMiscellaneous:", "\n"},
+	{1, "  Allocations", "Display list of current memory allocations\n"},
+	{2, "  Dump <Address>|<Namepath>", "\n"},
+	{0, "       [Byte|Word|Dword|Qword]",
+	 "Display ACPI objects or memory\n"},
+	{1, "  Handlers", "Info about global handlers\n"},
+	{1, "  Help [Command]", "This help screen or individual command\n"},
+	{1, "  History", "Display command history buffer\n"},
+	{1, "  Level <DebugLevel>] [console]",
+	 "Get/Set debug level for file or console\n"},
+	{1, "  Locks", "Current status of internal mutexes\n"},
+	{1, "  Osi [Install|Remove <name>]",
+	 "Display or modify global _OSI list\n"},
+	{1, "  Quit or Exit", "Exit this command\n"},
+	{8, "  Stats <SubCommand>",
+	 "Display namespace and memory statistics\n"},
+	{1, "     Allocations", "Display list of current memory allocations\n"},
+	{1, "     Memory", "Dump internal memory lists\n"},
+	{1, "     Misc", "Namespace search and mutex stats\n"},
+	{1, "     Objects", "Summary of namespace objects\n"},
+	{1, "     Sizes", "Sizes for each of the internal objects\n"},
+	{1, "     Stack", "Display CPU stack usage\n"},
+	{1, "     Tables", "Info about current ACPI table(s)\n"},
+	{1, "  Tables", "Display info about loaded ACPI tables\n"},
+#ifdef ACPI_APPLICATION
+	{1, "  Terminate", "Delete namespace and all internal objects\n"},
+#endif
+	{1, "  ! <CommandNumber>", "Execute command from history buffer\n"},
+	{1, "  !!", "Execute last command again\n"},
+
+	{0, "\nMethod and Namespace Debugging:", "\n"},
+	{5, "  Trace <State> [<Namepath>] [Once]",
+	 "Trace control method execution\n"},
+	{1, "     Enable", "Enable all messages\n"},
+	{1, "     Disable", "Disable tracing\n"},
+	{1, "     Method", "Enable method execution messages\n"},
+	{1, "     Opcode", "Enable opcode execution messages\n"},
+	{3, "  Test <TestName>", "Invoke a debug test\n"},
+	{1, "     Objects", "Read/write/compare all namespace data objects\n"},
+	{1, "     Predefined",
+	 "Validate all ACPI predefined names (_STA, etc.)\n"},
+	{1, "  Execute predefined",
+	 "Execute all predefined (public) methods\n"},
+
+	{0, "\nControl Method Single-Step Execution:", "\n"},
 	{1, "  Arguments (or Args)", "Display method arguments\n"},
 	{1, "  Breakpoint <AmlOffset>", "Set an AML execution breakpoint\n"},
 	{1, "  Call", "Run to next control method invocation\n"},
-	{1, "  Debug <Namepath> [Arguments]", "Single Step a control method\n"},
-	{6, "  Evaluate", "Synonym for Execute\n"},
-	{5, "  Execute <Namepath> [Arguments]", "Execute control method\n"},
-	{1, "     Hex Integer", "Integer method argument\n"},
-	{1, "     \"Ascii String\"", "String method argument\n"},
-	{1, "     (Hex Byte List)", "Buffer method argument\n"},
-	{1, "     [Package Element List]", "Package method argument\n"},
-	{5, "  Execute predefined",
-	 "Execute all predefined (public) methods\n"},
 	{1, "  Go", "Allow method to run to completion\n"},
 	{1, "  Information", "Display info about the current method\n"},
 	{1, "  Into", "Step into (not over) a method call\n"},
@@ -296,41 +329,24 @@ static const struct acpi_db_command_help acpi_gbl_db_command_help[] = {
 	{1, "  Results", "Display method result stack\n"},
 	{1, "  Set <A|L> <#> <Value>", "Set method data (Arguments/Locals)\n"},
 	{1, "  Stop", "Terminate control method\n"},
-	{5, "  Trace <State> [<Namepath>] [Once]",
-	 "Trace control method execution\n"},
-	{1, "     Enable", "Enable all messages\n"},
-	{1, "     Disable", "Disable tracing\n"},
-	{1, "     Method", "Enable method execution messages\n"},
-	{1, "     Opcode", "Enable opcode execution messages\n"},
 	{1, "  Tree", "Display control method calling tree\n"},
 	{1, "  <Enter>", "Single step next AML opcode (over calls)\n"},

 #ifdef ACPI_APPLICATION
-	{0, "\nHardware Simulation Commands:", "\n"},
-	{1, "  EnableAcpi", "Enable ACPI (hardware) mode\n"},
-	{1, "  Event <F|G> <Value>", "Generate AcpiEvent (Fixed/GPE)\n"},
-	{1, "  Gpe <GpeNum> [GpeBlockDevice]", "Simulate a GPE\n"},
-	{1, "  Gpes", "Display info on all GPE devices\n"},
-	{1, "  Sci", "Generate an SCI\n"},
-	{1, "  Sleep [SleepState]", "Simulate sleep/wake sequence(s) (0-5)\n"},
-
-	{0, "\nFile I/O Commands:", "\n"},
+	{0, "\nFile Operations:", "\n"},
 	{1, "  Close", "Close debug output file\n"},
 	{1, "  Load <Input Filename>", "Load ACPI table from a file\n"},
 	{1, "  Open <Output Filename>", "Open a file for debug output\n"},
 	{1, "  Unload <Namepath>",
 	 "Unload an ACPI table via namespace object\n"},

-	{0, "\nUser Space Commands:", "\n"},
-	{1, "  Terminate", "Delete namespace and all internal objects\n"},
-	{1, "  Thread <Threads><Loops><NamePath>",
-	 "Spawn threads to execute method(s)\n"},
-
-	{0, "\nDebug Test Commands:", "\n"},
-	{3, "  Test <TestName>", "Invoke a debug test\n"},
-	{1, "     Objects", "Read/write/compare all namespace data objects\n"},
-	{1, "     Predefined",
-	 "Execute all ACPI predefined names (_STA, etc.)\n"},
+	{0, "\nHardware Simulation:", "\n"},
+	{1, "  EnableAcpi", "Enable ACPI (hardware) mode\n"},
+	{1, "  Event <F|G> <Value>", "Generate AcpiEvent (Fixed/GPE)\n"},
+	{1, "  Gpe <GpeNum> [GpeBlockDevice]", "Simulate a GPE\n"},
+	{1, "  Gpes", "Display info on all GPE devices\n"},
+	{1, "  Sci", "Generate an SCI\n"},
+	{1, "  Sleep [SleepState]", "Simulate sleep/wake sequence(s) (0-5)\n"},
 #endif
 	{0, NULL, NULL}
 };
@@ -442,11 +458,15 @@ static void acpi_db_display_help(char *command)

 		/* No argument to help, display help for all commands */

+		acpi_os_printf("\nSummary of AML Debugger Commands\n\n");
+
 		while (next->invocation) {
 			acpi_os_printf("%-38s%s", next->invocation,
 				       next->description);
 			next++;
 		}
+		acpi_os_printf("\n");
+
 	} else {
 		/* Display help for all commands that match the subtring */

@@ -1087,6 +1107,13 @@ acpi_db_command_dispatch(char *input_buffer,
 		/*  acpi_initialize (NULL); */
 		break;

+	case CMD_BACKGROUND:
+
+		acpi_db_create_execution_thread(acpi_gbl_db_args[1],
+						&acpi_gbl_db_args[2],
+						&acpi_gbl_db_arg_types[2]);
+		break;
+
 	case CMD_THREADS:

 		acpi_db_create_execution_threads(acpi_gbl_db_args[1],
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ acpi_ds_exec_begin_control_op(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 		control_state->control.package_end =
 		    walk_state->parser_state.pkg_end;
 		control_state->control.opcode = op->common.aml_opcode;
+		control_state->control.loop_timeout = acpi_os_get_timer() +
+		    (u64)(acpi_gbl_max_loop_iterations * ACPI_100NSEC_PER_SEC);

 		/* Push the control state on this walk's control stack */

@@ -206,15 +208,15 @@ acpi_ds_exec_end_control_op(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 			/* Predicate was true, the body of the loop was just executed */

 			/*
-			 * This loop counter mechanism allows the interpreter to escape
-			 * possibly infinite loops. This can occur in poorly written AML
-			 * when the hardware does not respond within a while loop and the
-			 * loop does not implement a timeout.
+			 * This infinite loop detection mechanism allows the interpreter
+			 * to escape possibly infinite loops. This can occur in poorly
+			 * written AML when the hardware does not respond within a while
+			 * loop and the loop does not implement a timeout.
 			 */
-			control_state->control.loop_count++;
-			if (control_state->control.loop_count >
-			    acpi_gbl_max_loop_iterations) {
-				status = AE_AML_INFINITE_LOOP;
+			if (ACPI_TIME_AFTER(acpi_os_get_timer(),
+					    control_state->control.
+					    loop_timeout)) {
+				status = AE_AML_LOOP_TIMEOUT;
 				break;
 			}

@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ acpi_ds_create_buffer_field(union acpi_parse_object *op,
 					ACPI_IMODE_LOAD_PASS1, flags,
 					walk_state, &node);
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-			ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(arg->common.value.string, status);
+			ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(walk_state->scope_info,
+					     arg->common.value.string, status);
 			return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 		}
 	}
@@ -383,7 +384,9 @@ acpi_ds_get_field_names(struct acpi_create_field_info *info,
 							walk_state,
 							&info->connection_node);
 				if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-					ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(child->common.
+					ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(walk_state->
+							     scope_info,
+							     child->common.
 							     value.name,
 							     status);
 					return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
@@ -402,7 +405,8 @@ acpi_ds_get_field_names(struct acpi_create_field_info *info,
 						ACPI_NS_DONT_OPEN_SCOPE,
 						walk_state, &info->field_node);
 			if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-				ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE((char *)&arg->named.name,
+				ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(walk_state->scope_info,
+						     (char *)&arg->named.name,
 						     status);
 				return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 			} else {
@@ -498,7 +502,8 @@ acpi_ds_create_field(union acpi_parse_object *op,
 							&region_node);
 #endif
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-			ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(arg->common.value.name, status);
+			ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(walk_state->scope_info,
+					     arg->common.value.name, status);
 			return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 		}
 	}
@@ -618,7 +623,8 @@ acpi_ds_init_field_objects(union acpi_parse_object *op,
 						ACPI_IMODE_LOAD_PASS1, flags,
 						walk_state, &node);
 			if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-				ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE((char *)&arg->named.name,
+				ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(walk_state->scope_info,
+						     (char *)&arg->named.name,
 						     status);
 				if (status != AE_ALREADY_EXISTS) {
 					return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
@@ -681,7 +687,8 @@ acpi_ds_create_bank_field(union acpi_parse_object *op,
 							&region_node);
 #endif
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-			ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(arg->common.value.name, status);
+			ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(walk_state->scope_info,
+					     arg->common.value.name, status);
 			return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 		}
 	}
@@ -695,7 +702,8 @@ acpi_ds_create_bank_field(union acpi_parse_object *op,
 			   ACPI_NS_SEARCH_PARENT, walk_state,
 			   &info.register_node);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(arg->common.value.string, status);
+		ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(walk_state->scope_info,
+				     arg->common.value.string, status);
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 	}

@@ -765,7 +773,8 @@ acpi_ds_create_index_field(union acpi_parse_object *op,
 			   ACPI_NS_SEARCH_PARENT, walk_state,
 			   &info.register_node);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(arg->common.value.string, status);
+		ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(walk_state->scope_info,
+				     arg->common.value.string, status);
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 	}

@@ -778,7 +787,8 @@ acpi_ds_create_index_field(union acpi_parse_object *op,
 			   ACPI_NS_SEARCH_PARENT, walk_state,
 			   &info.data_register_node);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(arg->common.value.string, status);
+		ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(walk_state->scope_info,
+				     arg->common.value.string, status);
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 	}

@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ acpi_ds_build_internal_object(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 							 acpi_namespace_node,
 							 &(op->common.node)));
 				if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-					ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(op->common.value.
+					ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE(walk_state->
+							     scope_info,
+							     op->common.value.
 							     string, status);
 					return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 				}
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