ACPI: create notifier chain to get hotkey events to graphics driver

Kernel mode graphics drivers need this ACPI notifier chaine
so that they can get notified upon hotkey events.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/event.c b/drivers/acpi/event.c
index 5c95863f8fa9f324c0b98d88cd40f96eb16f9ead..5479dc0eeeecdfe6401d0d81fd435af69ac67e42 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/acpi/event.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/event.c
@@ -109,6 +109,34 @@ static const struct file_operations acpi_system_event_ops = {
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT */
 
+/* ACPI notifier chain */
+BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(acpi_chain_head);
+
+int acpi_notifier_call_chain(struct acpi_device *dev, u32 type, u32 data)
+{
+       struct acpi_bus_event event;
+
+       strcpy(event.device_class, dev->pnp.device_class);
+       strcpy(event.bus_id, dev->pnp.bus_id);
+       event.type = type;
+       event.data = data;
+       return (blocking_notifier_call_chain(&acpi_chain_head, 0, (void *)&event)
+                        == NOTIFY_BAD) ? -EINVAL : 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_notifier_call_chain);
+
+int register_acpi_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+       return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&acpi_chain_head, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_acpi_notifier);
+
+int unregister_acpi_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+       return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&acpi_chain_head, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_acpi_notifier);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET
 static unsigned int acpi_event_seqnum;
 struct acpi_genl_event {

diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index fb7171b1bd22e900349126212f8fceb4f997d8e8..3f9f1417ff098988fec92441b0a5c620bd102744 100644 (file)
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ struct acpi_bus_event {
 
 extern struct kobject *acpi_kobj;
 extern int acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(const char*, const char*, u8, int);
+extern int acpi_notifier_call_chain(struct acpi_device *, u32, u32);
+extern int register_acpi_notifier(struct notifier_block *);
+extern int unregister_acpi_notifier(struct notifier_block *);
 /*
  * External Functions
  */