Revert "Revert "ACPI: dock driver""

This reverts 953969ddf5b049361ed1e8471cc43dc4134d2a6f commit.

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index cac4fcdcfc8..5fcb50c7b77 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -663,6 +663,29 @@ static int acpi_bus_find_driver(struct acpi_device *device)
                                  Device Enumeration
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+acpi_status
+acpi_bus_get_ejd(acpi_handle handle, acpi_handle *ejd)
+{
+	acpi_status status;
+	acpi_handle tmp;
+	struct acpi_buffer buffer = {ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL};
+	union acpi_object *obj;
+
+	status = acpi_get_handle(handle, "_EJD", &tmp);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+		return status;
+
+	status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "_EJD", NULL, &buffer);
+	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
+		obj = buffer.pointer;
+		status = acpi_get_handle(NULL, obj->string.pointer, ejd);
+		kfree(buffer.pointer);
+	}
+	return status;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_bus_get_ejd);
+
+
 static int acpi_bus_get_flags(struct acpi_device *device)
 {
 	acpi_status status = AE_OK;