Merge branch 'acpi-debug'

* acpi-debug:
  ACPI / debugger: Fix a redundant mutex unlock issue in acpi_aml_open()
  ACPI / debugger: copy_to_user doesn't return errors
  ACPI / debugger: remove some unneeded conditions
  ACPI / debugger: Fix an issue a flag is modified without locking
  ACPI / debugger: Add module support for ACPI debugger
  tools/power/acpi: Add userspace AML interface support
  ACPI / debugger: Add IO interface to access debugger functionalities
  ACPICA: Debugger: Fix runtime stub issues of ACPI_DEBUGGER_EXEC using different stub mechanism
  ACPICA: Debugger: Convert some mechanisms to OSPM specific
  ACPICA: Debugger: Remove unnecessary status check

drivers/acpi/Kconfig

@@ -58,14 +58,25 @@ config ACPI_CCA_REQUIRED
 	bool
 
 config ACPI_DEBUGGER
-	bool "AML debugger interface (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	bool "AML debugger interface"
 	select ACPI_DEBUG
 	help
-	  Enable in-kernel debugging of AML facilities: statistics, internal
-	  object dump, single step control method execution.
+	  Enable in-kernel debugging of AML facilities: statistics,
+	  internal object dump, single step control method execution.
 	  This is still under development, currently enabling this only
 	  results in the compilation of the ACPICA debugger files.
 
+if ACPI_DEBUGGER
+
+config ACPI_DEBUGGER_USER
+	tristate "Userspace debugger accessiblity"
+	depends on DEBUG_FS
+	help
+	  Export /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/acpidbg for userspace utilities
+	  to access the debugger functionalities.
+
+endif
+
 config ACPI_SLEEP
 	bool
 	depends on SUSPEND || HIBERNATION

drivers/acpi/Makefile

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_EC_DEBUGFS)	+= ec_sys.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD)+= custom_method.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_BGRT)		+= bgrt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_CPPC_LIB)	+= cppc_acpi.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER_USER) += acpi_dbg.o
 
 # processor has its own "processor." module_param namespace
 processor-y			:= processor_driver.o