Merge branch 'acpica'

* acpica:
  ACPICA: Update version to 20200110
  ACPICA: All acpica: Update copyrights to 2020 Including tool signons.
  ACPICA: Update the list of maintainers
  ACPICA: Update version to 20191213
  ACPICA: Dispatcher: always generate buffer objects for ASL create_field() operator
  ACPICA: acpisrc: add unix line ending support for non-windows build
  ACPICA: Disassembler: create buffer fields in ACPI_PARSE_LOAD_PASS1
  ACPICA: debugger: fix spelling mistake "adress" -> "address"

.mailmap

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@gmail.com> <dima@arista.com>
 Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org>
 Douglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net>
 Ed L. Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
+Erik Kaneda <erik.kaneda@intel.com> <erik.schmauss@intel.com>
 Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>
 Felipe W Damasio <felipewd@terra.com.br>
 Felix Kuhling <fxkuehl@gmx.de>

MAINTAINERS

@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ F:	drivers/acpi/apei/
 
 ACPI COMPONENT ARCHITECTURE (ACPICA)
 M:	Robert Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
-M:	Erik Schmauss <erik.schmauss@intel.com>
+M:	Erik Kaneda <erik.kaneda@intel.com>
 M:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
 L:	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
 L:	devel@acpica.org

drivers/acpi/acpica/acapps.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: acapps - common include for ACPI applications/tools
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /* Common info for tool signons */
 
 #define ACPICA_NAME                 "Intel ACPI Component Architecture"
-#define ACPICA_COPYRIGHT            "Copyright (c) 2000 - 2019 Intel Corporation"
+#define ACPICA_COPYRIGHT            "Copyright (c) 2000 - 2020 Intel Corporation"
 
 #if ACPI_MACHINE_WIDTH == 64
 #define ACPI_WIDTH          " (64-bit version)"

drivers/acpi/acpica/accommon.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: accommon.h - Common include files for generation of ACPICA source
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acconvert.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: acapps - common include for ACPI applications/tools
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acdebug.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acdebug.h - ACPI/AML debugger
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acdispat.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acdispat.h - dispatcher (parser to interpreter interface)
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acevents.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acevents.h - Event subcomponent prototypes and defines
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acglobal.h - Declarations for global variables
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/achware.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: achware.h -- hardware specific interfaces
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acinterp.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acinterp.h - Interpreter subcomponent prototypes and defines
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: aclocal.h - Internal data types used across the ACPI subsystem
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acmacros.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acmacros.h - C macros for the entire subsystem.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acnamesp.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acnamesp.h - Namespace subcomponent prototypes and defines
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acobject.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acobject.h - Definition of union acpi_operand_object  (Internal object only)
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ struct acpi_object_index_field {
 /* The buffer_field is different in that it is part of a Buffer, not an op_region */
 
 struct acpi_object_buffer_field {
-	ACPI_OBJECT_COMMON_HEADER ACPI_COMMON_FIELD_INFO union acpi_operand_object *buffer_obj;	/* Containing Buffer object */
+	ACPI_OBJECT_COMMON_HEADER ACPI_COMMON_FIELD_INFO u8 is_create_field;	/* Special case for objects created by create_field() */
+	union acpi_operand_object *buffer_obj;	/* Containing Buffer object */
 };
 
 /******************************************************************************

drivers/acpi/acpica/acopcode.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acopcode.h - AML opcode information for the AML parser and interpreter
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acparser.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: acparser.h - AML Parser subcomponent prototypes and defines
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acpredef.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acpredef - Information table for ACPI predefined methods and objects
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acresrc.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acresrc.h - Resource Manager function prototypes
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acstruct.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acstruct.h - Internal structs
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/actables.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: actables.h - ACPI table management
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: acutils.h -- prototypes for the common (subsystem-wide) procedures
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/amlcode.h

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                   Declarations and definitions contained herein are derived
  *                   directly from the ACPI specification.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/amlresrc.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: amlresrc.h - AML resource descriptors
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dbhistry.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: dbhistry - debugger HISTORY command
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dbinput.c

@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ acpi_db_command_dispatch(char *input_buffer,
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)
 		    || temp64 >= ACPI_NUM_PREDEFINED_REGIONS) {
 			acpi_os_printf
-			    ("Invalid adress space ID: must be between 0 and %u inclusive\n",
+			    ("Invalid address space ID: must be between 0 and %u inclusive\n",
 			     ACPI_NUM_PREDEFINED_REGIONS - 1);
 			return (AE_OK);
 		}

drivers/acpi/acpica/dsargs.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Module Name: dsargs - Support for execution of dynamic arguments for static
  *                       objects (regions, fields, buffer fields, etc.)
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dscontrol.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Module Name: dscontrol - Support for execution control opcodes -
  *                          if/else/while/return
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dsdebug.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: dsdebug - Parser/Interpreter interface - debugging
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dsfield.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: dsfield - Dispatcher field routines
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ acpi_ds_create_buffer_field(union acpi_parse_object *op,
  * FUNCTION:    acpi_ds_get_field_names
  *
  * PARAMETERS:  info            - create_field info structure
- *  `           walk_state      - Current method state
+ *              walk_state      - Current method state
  *              arg             - First parser arg for the field name list
  *
  * RETURN:      Status

drivers/acpi/acpica/dsinit.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: dsinit - Object initialization namespace walk
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: dsmethod - Parser/Interpreter interface - control method parsing
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dsobject.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: dsobject - Dispatcher object management routines
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dsopcode.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: dsopcode - Dispatcher support for regions and fields
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ acpi_ds_init_buffer_field(u16 aml_opcode,
 	}
 
 	obj_desc->buffer_field.buffer_obj = buffer_desc;
+	obj_desc->buffer_field.is_create_field =
+	    aml_opcode == AML_CREATE_FIELD_OP;
 
 	/* Reference count for buffer_desc inherits obj_desc count */
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dspkginit.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: dspkginit - Completion of deferred package initialization
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dswexec.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Module Name: dswexec - Dispatcher method execution callbacks;
  *                        dispatch to interpreter.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: dswload - Dispatcher first pass namespace load callbacks
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -410,6 +410,27 @@ acpi_status acpi_ds_load1_end_op(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
 	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_DISPATCH, "Op=%p State=%p\n", op,
 			  walk_state));
 
+	/*
+	 * Disassembler: handle create field operators here.
+	 *
+	 * create_buffer_field is a deferred op that is typically processed in load
+	 * pass 2. However, disassembly of control method contents walk the parse
+	 * tree with ACPI_PARSE_LOAD_PASS1 and AML_CREATE operators are processed
+	 * in a later walk. This is a problem when there is a control method that
+	 * has the same name as the AML_CREATE object. In this case, any use of the
+	 * name segment will be detected as a method call rather than a reference
+	 * to a buffer field.
+	 *
+	 * This earlier creation during disassembly solves this issue by inserting
+	 * the named object in the ACPI namespace so that references to this name
+	 * would be a name string rather than a method call.
+	 */
+	if ((walk_state->parse_flags & ACPI_PARSE_DISASSEMBLE) &&
+	    (walk_state->op_info->flags & AML_CREATE)) {
+		status = acpi_ds_create_buffer_field(op, walk_state);
+		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+	}
+
 	/* We are only interested in opcodes that have an associated name */
 
 	if (!(walk_state->op_info->flags & (AML_NAMED | AML_FIELD))) {

drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: dswload2 - Dispatcher second pass namespace load callbacks
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dswscope.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: dswscope - Scope stack manipulation
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/dswstate.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: dswstate - Dispatcher parse tree walk management routines
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evevent.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evevent - Fixed Event handling and dispatch
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evglock.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evglock - Global Lock support
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpe.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evgpe - General Purpose Event handling and dispatch
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpeblk.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evgpeblk - GPE block creation and initialization.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpeinit.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evgpeinit - System GPE initialization and update
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpeutil.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evgpeutil - GPE utilities
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evhandler.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evhandler - Support for Address Space handlers
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evmisc.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evmisc - Miscellaneous event manager support functions
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evregion - Operation Region support
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evrgnini.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evrgnini- ACPI address_space (op_region) init
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evxface.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evxface - External interfaces for ACPI events
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfevnt.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evxfevnt - External Interfaces, ACPI event disable/enable
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: evxfgpe - External Interfaces for General Purpose Events (GPEs)
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfregn.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Module Name: evxfregn - External Interfaces, ACPI Operation Regions and
  *                         Address Spaces.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exconcat.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exconcat - Concatenate-type AML operators
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exconfig.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exconfig - Namespace reconfiguration (Load/Unload opcodes)
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exconvrt.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exconvrt - Object conversion routines
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/excreate.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: excreate - Named object creation
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exdebug.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exdebug - Support for stores to the AML Debug Object
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exdump.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exdump - Interpreter debug output routines
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exfield.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exfield - AML execution - field_unit read/write
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ acpi_ex_get_protocol_buffer_length(u32 protocol_id, u32 *return_length)
  * RETURN:      Status
  *
  * DESCRIPTION: Read from a named field. Returns either an Integer or a
- *              Buffer, depending on the size of the field.
+ *              Buffer, depending on the size of the field and whether if a
+ *              field is created by the create_field() operator.
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
@@ -154,12 +155,17 @@ acpi_ex_read_data_from_field(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 	 * the use of arithmetic operators on the returned value if the
 	 * field size is equal or smaller than an Integer.
 	 *
+	 * However, all buffer fields created by create_field operator needs to
+	 * remain as a buffer to match other AML interpreter implementations.
+	 *
 	 * Note: Field.length is in bits.
 	 */
 	buffer_length =
 	    (acpi_size)ACPI_ROUND_BITS_UP_TO_BYTES(obj_desc->field.bit_length);
 
-	if (buffer_length > acpi_gbl_integer_byte_width) {
+	if (buffer_length > acpi_gbl_integer_byte_width ||
+	    (obj_desc->common.type == ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER_FIELD &&
+	     obj_desc->buffer_field.is_create_field)) {
 
 		/* Field is too large for an Integer, create a Buffer instead */
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exfldio.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exfldio - Aml Field I/O
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exmisc.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exmisc - ACPI AML (p-code) execution - specific opcodes
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exmutex.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exmutex - ASL Mutex Acquire/Release functions
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exnames.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exnames - interpreter/scanner name load/execute
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exoparg1.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exoparg1 - AML execution - opcodes with 1 argument
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exoparg2.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exoparg2 - AML execution - opcodes with 2 arguments
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exoparg3.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exoparg3 - AML execution - opcodes with 3 arguments
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exoparg6.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exoparg6 - AML execution - opcodes with 6 arguments
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exprep.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exprep - ACPI AML field prep utilities
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exregion.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exregion - ACPI default op_region (address space) handlers
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exresnte.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exresnte - AML Interpreter object resolution
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exresolv.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exresolv - AML Interpreter object resolution
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exresop.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exresop - AML Interpreter operand/object resolution
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exserial.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exserial - field_unit support for serial address spaces
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exstore.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exstore - AML Interpreter object store support
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exstoren.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Module Name: exstoren - AML Interpreter object store support,
  *                        Store to Node (namespace object)
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exstorob.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exstorob - AML object store support, store to object
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exsystem.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exsystem - Interface to OS services
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/extrace.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: extrace - Support for interpreter execution tracing
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/exutils.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: exutils - interpreter/scanner utilities
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/hwacpi.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: hwacpi - ACPI Hardware Initialization/Mode Interface
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/hwesleep.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Name: hwesleep.c - ACPI Hardware Sleep/Wake Support functions for the
  *                    extended FADT-V5 sleep registers.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/hwgpe.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: hwgpe - Low level GPE enable/disable/clear functions
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/hwsleep.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Name: hwsleep.c - ACPI Hardware Sleep/Wake Support functions for the
  *                   original/legacy sleep/PM registers.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/hwtimer.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: hwtimer.c - ACPI Power Management Timer Interface
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/hwvalid.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: hwvalid - I/O request validation
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxface.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: hwxface - Public ACPICA hardware interfaces
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxfsleep.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Name: hwxfsleep.c - ACPI Hardware Sleep/Wake External Interfaces
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/nsarguments.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: nsarguments - Validation of args for ACPI predefined methods
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/nsconvert.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Module Name: nsconvert - Object conversions for objects returned by
  *                          predefined methods
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/nsdump.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: nsdump - table dumping routines for debug
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/nsdumpdv.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: nsdump - table dumping routines for debug
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: nsinit - namespace initialization
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: nsload - namespace loading/expanding/contracting procedures
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/nsparse.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: nsparse - namespace interface to AML parser
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: nspredef - Validation of ACPI predefined methods and objects
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/nsprepkg.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: nsprepkg - Validation of package objects for predefined names
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Module Name: nsrepair - Repair for objects returned by predefined methods
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 

drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Module Name: nsrepair2 - Repair for objects returned by specific
  *                          predefined methods
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2020, Intel Corp.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/