Hi Markus,

On 23/08/2025 13:14, Markus Elfring wrote:

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+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h

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@@ -221,6 +222,17 @@ void acpi_reserve_initial_tables (void);
 void acpi_table_init_complete (void);
 int acpi_table_init (void);

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+DEFINE_FREE(acpi_table, struct acpi_table_header *, if (!IS_ERR(_T)) acpi_put_table(_T))
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 int acpi_table_parse(char *id, acpi_tbl_table_handler handler);

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How do you think about to offer the addition of such a special macro call
by another separate update step?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.17-rc2#n81

As it goes via the same tree I don't think there is a strong reason either way.

Dave points out on an earlier patch that the PPTT code doesn't care about the reference
counting anyway, so this stuff can go.


Thanks,

James