[Devel] ACPICA version 20150717 released

[Devel] ACPICA version 20150717 released

[Moore, Robert]

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17 July 2015. Summary of changes for version 20150717:

This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Improved the partitioning between the Debugger and Disassembler components. This allows the Debugger to be used standalone within kernel code without the Disassembler (which is used for single stepping also). This renames and moves one file, dmobject.c to dbobject.c. Lv Zheng.

Debugger: Implemented a new command to trace the execution of control methods (Trace). This is especially useful for the in-kernel version of the debugger when file I/O may not be available for method trace output. See the ACPICA reference for more information. Lv Zheng.

Moved all C library prototypes (used for the local versions of these functions when requested) to a new header, acclib.h

Cleaned up the use of non-ANSI C library functions. These functions are implemented locally in ACPICA. Moved all such functions to a common source file, utnonansi.c

Debugger: Fixed a problem with the "!!" command (get last command executed) where the debugger could enter an infinite loop and eventually crash.

Removed the use of local macros that were used for some of the standard C library functions to automatically cast input parameters. This mostly affected the is* functions where the input parameter is defined to be an int. This required a few modifications to the main ACPICA source code to provide casting for these functions and eliminate possible compiler warnings for these parameters.

Across the source code, added additional status/error checking to resolve issues discovered by static source code analysis tools such as Coverity.

Example Code and Data Size: These are the sizes for the OS-independent acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 32-bit compiler. The debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.

  Current Release:
    Non-Debug Version: 100.9K Code, 24.5K Data, 125.4K Total
    Debug Version:     197.8K Code, 81.5K Data, 279.3K Total
  Previous Release:
    Non-Debug Version: 100.6K Code, 27.6K Data, 128.2K Total
    Debug Version:     196.2K Code, 81.0K Data, 277.2K Total


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Fixed a regression where the device map file feature no longer worked properly when used in conjunction with the disassembler. It only worked properly with the compiler itself.

iASL: Implemented a new warning for method LocalX variables that are set but never used (similar to a C compiler such as gcc). This also applies to ArgX variables that are not defined by the parent method, and are instead (legally) used as local variables.

iASL/Preprocessor: Finished the pass-through of line numbers from the preprocessor to the compiler. This ensures that compiler errors/warnings have the correct original line numbers and filenames, regardless of any #include files.

iASL/Preprocessor: Fixed a couple of issues with comment handling and the pass-through of comments to the preprocessor output file (which becomes the compiler input file). Also fixed a problem with // comments that appear after a math expression.

iASL: Added support for the TCPA server table to the table compiler and template generator. (The client table was already previously supported)

iASL/Preprocessor: Added a permanent #define of the symbol "__IASL__" to identify the iASL compiler.

Cleaned up the use of the macros NEGATIVE and POSITIVE which were defined multiple times. The new names are ACPI_SIGN_NEGATIVE and ACPI_SIGN_POSITIVE.

AcpiHelp: Update to expand help messages for the iASL preprocessor directives.