Hi Markus, On 23/08/2025 13:14, Markus Elfring wrote: > … >> +++ b/include/linux/acpi.h > … >> @@ -221,6 +222,17 @@ void acpi_reserve_initial_tables (void); >> void acpi_table_init_complete (void); >> int acpi_table_init (void); > … >> +DEFINE_FREE(acpi_table, struct acpi_table_header *, if (!IS_ERR(_T)) acpi_put_table(_T)) >> + >> int acpi_table_parse(char *id, acpi_tbl_table_handler handler); > … > > How do you think about to offer the addition of such a special macro call > by another separate update step? > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.17-rc2#n81 As it goes via the same tree I don't think there is a strong reason either way. Dave points out on an earlier patch that the PPTT code doesn't care about the reference counting anyway, so this stuff can go. Thanks, James
