ACPICA: Introduce acpi_dispatch_gpe()

Introduce acpi_dispatch_gpe() as a wrapper around acpi_ev_detect_gpe()
for checking if the given GPE (as represented by a GPE device handle
and a GPE number) is currently active and dispatching it (if that's
the case) outside of interrupt context.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c
index c80e3bdf4805..b2d5f66cc1b0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c
@@ -639,6 +639,28 @@ ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_get_gpe_status)
 
 /*******************************************************************************
  *
+ * FUNCTION:    acpi_gispatch_gpe
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS:  gpe_device          - Parent GPE Device. NULL for GPE0/GPE1
+ *              gpe_number          - GPE level within the GPE block
+ *
+ * RETURN:      None
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Detect and dispatch a General Purpose Event to either a function
+ *              (e.g. EC) or method (e.g. _Lxx/_Exx) handler.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+void acpi_dispatch_gpe(acpi_handle gpe_device, u32 gpe_number)
+{
+	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(acpi_dispatch_gpe);
+
+	acpi_ev_detect_gpe(gpe_device, NULL, gpe_number);
+}
+
+ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_dispatch_gpe)
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
  * FUNCTION:    acpi_finish_gpe
  *
  * PARAMETERS:  gpe_device          - Namespace node for the GPE Block