Re: [PATCH v4 0/8] [PATCH v3 0/8] ACPI: Buffer property and reference as string support

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 1:24 PM Sakari Ailus
<sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> This set adds support for _DSD buffer properties (specified by DSD Guide
> <URL:https://github.com/UEFI/DSD-Guide/blob/main/dsd-guide.md>) as well as
> support for references as strings. Reference property type was previously
> supported for device objects only, whereas string references enable
> referencing also _DSD sub-node objects --- also included in the set.
>
> The ACPICA patch has been submitted to upstream but not merged yet.
>
> This set currently prepares for data node string reference support and
> does not add it anymore.
>
> since v3:
>
> - Use bool return type for acpi_tie_nondev_subnodes. Return false on
>   failure.
>
> - Print ACPI buffer parsing error references as %*pE (was %s).
>
> - Unwrap a few lines (i.e. non-functional changes).
>
> - Declare local variables for acpi_copy_property_array_uint().
>
> - Clean up buffer size check in acpi_data_prop_read(), add break at the
>   end of the default case.
>
> since v2:
>
> - Use C99 _Generic() in patch unifying reading integer arrays.
>
> since v1:
>
> - Drop the ACPICA, data node child list initialisation and data node
>   string reference patches.
>
> Sakari Ailus (8):
>   ACPI: property: Return type of acpi_add_nondev_subnodes() should be
>     bool
>   ACPI: property: Tie data nodes to acpi handles
>   ACPI: property: Use acpi_object_type consistently in property ref
>     parsing
>   ACPI: property: Move property ref argument parsing into a new function
>   ACPI: property: Switch node property referencing from ifs to a switch
>   ACPI: property: Unify integer value reading functions
>   ACPI: property: Add support for parsing buffer property UUID
>   ACPI: property: Read buffer properties as integers
>
>  drivers/acpi/property.c | 465 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  include/acpi/acpi_bus.h |   3 +-
>  include/linux/acpi.h    |   2 +-
>  3 files changed, 318 insertions(+), 152 deletions(-)
>
> --

The series (including the update of patch [7/8]) has been applied as
5.20 material, thanks!