Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (123 commits)
  dock: make dock driver not a module
  ACPI: fix ia64 build warning
  ACPI: hack around sysfs warning with link order
  ACPI suspend: fix build warning when CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=n
  intel_menlo: fix build warning
  panasonic-laptop: fix build
  ACPICA: Update version to 20080926
  ACPICA: Add support for zero-length buffer-to-string conversions
  ACPICA: New: Validation for predefined ACPI methods/objects
  ACPICA: Fix for implicit return compatibility
  ACPICA: Fixed a couple memory leaks associated with "implicit return"
  ACPICA: Optimize buffer allocation procedure
  ACPICA: Fix possible memory leak, error exit path
  ACPICA: Fix fault after mem allocation failure in AML parser
  ACPICA: Remove unused ACPI register bit definition
  ACPICA: Update version to 20080829
  ACPICA: Fix possible memory leak in acpi_ns_get_external_pathname
  ACPICA: Cleanup for internal Reference Object
  ACPICA: Update comments - no functional changes
  ACPICA: Update for Reference ACPI_OPERAND_OBJECT
  ...

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/include/acpi/acobject.h b/include/acpi/acobject.h
index e9657dac69b..eb6f038b03d 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acobject.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acobject.h
@@ -308,18 +308,34 @@ struct acpi_object_addr_handler {
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 /*
- * The Reference object type is used for these opcodes:
- * Arg[0-6], Local[0-7], index_op, name_op, zero_op, one_op, ones_op, debug_op
+ * The Reference object is used for these opcodes:
+ * Arg[0-6], Local[0-7], index_op, name_op, ref_of_op, load_op, load_table_op, debug_op
+ * The Reference.Class differentiates these types.
  */
 struct acpi_object_reference {
-	ACPI_OBJECT_COMMON_HEADER u8 target_type;	/* Used for index_op */
-	u16 opcode;
+	ACPI_OBJECT_COMMON_HEADER u8 class;	/* Reference Class */
+	u8 target_type;		/* Used for Index Op */
+	u8 reserved;
 	void *object;		/* name_op=>HANDLE to obj, index_op=>union acpi_operand_object */
-	struct acpi_namespace_node *node;
-	union acpi_operand_object **where;
-	u32 offset;		/* Used for arg_op, local_op, and index_op */
+	struct acpi_namespace_node *node;	/* ref_of or Namepath */
+	union acpi_operand_object **where;	/* Target of Index */
+	u32 value;		/* Used for Local/Arg/Index/ddb_handle */
 };
 
+/* Values for Reference.Class above */
+
+typedef enum {
+	ACPI_REFCLASS_LOCAL = 0,	/* Method local */
+	ACPI_REFCLASS_ARG = 1,	/* Method argument */
+	ACPI_REFCLASS_REFOF = 2,	/* Result of ref_of() TBD: Split to Ref/Node and Ref/operand_obj? */
+	ACPI_REFCLASS_INDEX = 3,	/* Result of Index() */
+	ACPI_REFCLASS_TABLE = 4,	/* ddb_handle - Load(), load_table() */
+	ACPI_REFCLASS_NAME = 5,	/* Reference to a named object */
+	ACPI_REFCLASS_DEBUG = 6,	/* Debug object */
+
+	ACPI_REFCLASS_MAX = 6
+} ACPI_REFERENCE_CLASSES;
+
 /*
  * Extra object is used as additional storage for types that
  * have AML code in their declarations (term_args) that must be
@@ -379,6 +395,13 @@ union acpi_operand_object {
 	struct acpi_object_extra extra;
 	struct acpi_object_data data;
 	struct acpi_object_cache_list cache;
+
+	/*
+	 * Add namespace node to union in order to simplify code that accepts both
+	 * ACPI_OPERAND_OBJECTs and ACPI_NAMESPACE_NODEs. The structures share
+	 * a common descriptor_type field in order to differentiate them.
+	 */
+	struct acpi_namespace_node node;
 };
 
 /******************************************************************************