Merge branch 'acpica'

* acpica: (43 commits)
  ACPICA: Drop Linux-specific waking vector functions
  ACPICA: Update version to 20151218
  ACPICA: Add per-table execution of module-level code
  ACPICA: Add "root node" case to the ACPI name repair code
  ACPICA: Events: Introduce ACPI_REG_DISCONNECT invocation to acpi_ev_execute_reg_methods()
  ACPICA: Events: Enhance acpi_ev_execute_reg_method() to ensure no _REG evaluations can happen during OS early boot stages
  ACPICA: Events: Split acpi_ev_associate_reg_method() from region initialization code
  ACPICA: Events: Fix an issue that region object is re-attached to another scope when it is already attached
  ACPICA: Utilities: Reorder initialization code
  ACPICA: Events: Uses common_notify for address space handlers
  ACPICA: Events: Deploys acpi_ev_find_region_handler()
  ACPICA: Cleanup code related to the per-table module level improvement
  ACPICA: Update for CondRefOf and RefOf operators
  ACPICA: Update internal #defines for ObjectType operator. No functional change
  ACPICA: Update parameter type for ObjectType operator
  ACPICA: Parser: Fix for SuperName method invocation
  ACPICA: Parser: Add constants for internal namepath function
  ACPICA: iasl/Disassembler: Support ASL ElseIf operator
  ACPICA: Add new exception code, AE_IO_ERROR
  ACPICA: Tools: Add spacing and missing options in acpibin tool
  ...

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdecode.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdecode.c
index ecaaaffc0788..3533135dbd4d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdecode.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdecode.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ const char *acpi_gbl_region_types[ACPI_NUM_PREDEFINED_REGIONS] = {
 	"PCC"			/* 0x0A */
 };
 
-char *acpi_ut_get_region_name(u8 space_id)
+const char *acpi_ut_get_region_name(u8 space_id)
 {
 
 	if (space_id >= ACPI_USER_REGION_BEGIN) {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ char *acpi_ut_get_region_name(u8 space_id)
 		return ("InvalidSpaceId");
 	}
 
-	return (ACPI_CAST_PTR(char, acpi_gbl_region_types[space_id]));
+	return (acpi_gbl_region_types[space_id]);
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ static const char *acpi_gbl_event_types[ACPI_NUM_FIXED_EVENTS] = {
 	"RealTimeClock",
 };
 
-char *acpi_ut_get_event_name(u32 event_id)
+const char *acpi_ut_get_event_name(u32 event_id)
 {
 
 	if (event_id > ACPI_EVENT_MAX) {
 		return ("InvalidEventID");
 	}
 
-	return (ACPI_CAST_PTR(char, acpi_gbl_event_types[event_id]));
+	return (acpi_gbl_event_types[event_id]);
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ char *acpi_ut_get_event_name(u32 event_id)
  *
  * The type ACPI_TYPE_ANY (Untyped) is used as a "don't care" when searching;
  * when stored in a table it really means that we have thus far seen no
- * evidence to indicate what type is actually going to be stored for this entry.
+ * evidence to indicate what type is actually going to be stored for this
+ & entry.
  */
 static const char acpi_gbl_bad_type[] = "UNDEFINED";
 
@@ -220,17 +221,17 @@ static const char *acpi_gbl_ns_type_names[] = {
 	/* 30 */ "Invalid"
 };
 
-char *acpi_ut_get_type_name(acpi_object_type type)
+const char *acpi_ut_get_type_name(acpi_object_type type)
 {
 
 	if (type > ACPI_TYPE_INVALID) {
-		return (ACPI_CAST_PTR(char, acpi_gbl_bad_type));
+		return (acpi_gbl_bad_type);
 	}
 
-	return (ACPI_CAST_PTR(char, acpi_gbl_ns_type_names[type]));
+	return (acpi_gbl_ns_type_names[type]);
 }
 
-char *acpi_ut_get_object_type_name(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc)
+const char *acpi_ut_get_object_type_name(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc)
 {
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ut_get_object_type_name);
 
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ char *acpi_ut_get_object_type_name(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc)
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-char *acpi_ut_get_node_name(void *object)
+const char *acpi_ut_get_node_name(void *object)
 {
 	struct acpi_namespace_node *node = (struct acpi_namespace_node *)object;
 
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ static const char *acpi_gbl_desc_type_names[] = {
 	/* 15 */ "Node"
 };
 
-char *acpi_ut_get_descriptor_name(void *object)
+const char *acpi_ut_get_descriptor_name(void *object)
 {
 
 	if (!object) {
@@ -344,10 +345,7 @@ char *acpi_ut_get_descriptor_name(void *object)
 		return ("Not a Descriptor");
 	}
 
-	return (ACPI_CAST_PTR(char,
-			      acpi_gbl_desc_type_names[ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE
-						       (object)]));
-
+	return (acpi_gbl_desc_type_names[ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(object)]);
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -415,7 +413,7 @@ const char *acpi_ut_get_reference_name(union acpi_operand_object *object)
 
 /* Names for internal mutex objects, used for debug output */
 
-static char *acpi_gbl_mutex_names[ACPI_NUM_MUTEX] = {
+static const char *acpi_gbl_mutex_names[ACPI_NUM_MUTEX] = {
 	"ACPI_MTX_Interpreter",
 	"ACPI_MTX_Namespace",
 	"ACPI_MTX_Tables",
@@ -424,7 +422,7 @@ static char *acpi_gbl_mutex_names[ACPI_NUM_MUTEX] = {
 	"ACPI_MTX_Memory",
 };
 
-char *acpi_ut_get_mutex_name(u32 mutex_id)
+const char *acpi_ut_get_mutex_name(u32 mutex_id)
 {
 
 	if (mutex_id > ACPI_MAX_MUTEX) {