ACPICA: New internal utility function to create Integer objects

acpi_ut_create_integer_object. This function (when deployed) should
simplify some of the object creation code.  ACPICA BZ 823.

http://www.acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=823

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h

@@ -386,6 +386,8 @@ u8 acpi_ut_valid_internal_object(void *object);
 
 union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_package_object(u32 count);
 
+union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_integer_object(u64 value);
+
 union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_buffer_object(acpi_size buffer_size);
 
 union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_string_object(acpi_size string_size);

drivers/acpi/acpica/utobject.c

@@ -188,6 +188,35 @@ union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_package_object(u32 count)
 	return_PTR(package_desc);
 }
 
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION:    acpi_ut_create_integer_object
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS:  initial_value       - Initial value for the integer
+ *
+ * RETURN:      Pointer to a new Integer object, null on failure
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Create an initialized integer object
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_integer_object(u64 initial_value)
+{
+	union acpi_operand_object *integer_desc;
+
+	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ut_create_integer_object);
+
+	/* Create and initialize a new integer object */
+
+	integer_desc = acpi_ut_create_internal_object(ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER);
+	if (!integer_desc) {
+		return_PTR(NULL);
+	}
+
+	integer_desc->integer.value = initial_value;
+	return_PTR(integer_desc);
+}
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  *
  * FUNCTION:    acpi_ut_create_buffer_object