Merge tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-nextgrafted

Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski:
 "Core:

   - Add dedicated kmem_cache for typical/small skb->head, avoid having
     to access struct page at kfree time, and improve memory use.

   - Introduce sysctl to set default RPS configuration for new netdevs.

   - Define Netlink protocol specification format which can be used to
     describe messages used by each family and auto-generate parsers.
     Add tools for generating kernel data structures and uAPI headers.

   - Expose all net/core sysctls inside netns.

   - Remove 4s sleep in netpoll if carrier is instantly detected on
     boot.

   - Add configurable limit of MDB entries per port, and port-vlan.

   - Continue populating drop reasons throughout the stack.

   - Retire a handful of legacy Qdiscs and classifiers.

  Protocols:

   - Support IPv4 big TCP (TSO frames larger than 64kB).

   - Add IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE socket option, to control local port range
     on socket by socket basis.

   - Track and report in procfs number of MPTCP sockets used.

   - Support mixing IPv4 and IPv6 flows in the in-kernel MPTCP path
     manager.

   - IPv6: don't check net.ipv6.route.max_size and rely on garbage
     collection to free memory (similarly to IPv4).

   - Support Penultimate Segment Pop (PSP) flavor in SRv6 (RFC8986).

   - ICMP: add per-rate limit counters.

   - Add support for user scanning requests in ieee802154.

   - Remove static WEP support.

   - Support minimal Wi-Fi 7 Extremely High Throughput (EHT) rate
     reporting.

   - WiFi 7 EHT channel puncturing support (client & AP).

  BPF:

   - Add a rbtree data structure following the "next-gen data structure"
     precedent set by recently added linked list, that is, by using
     kfunc + kptr instead of adding a new BPF map type.

   - Expose XDP hints via kfuncs with initial support for RX hash and
     timestamp metadata.

   - Add BPF_F_NO_TUNNEL_KEY extension to bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key to
     better support decap on GRE tunnel devices not operating in collect
     metadata.

   - Improve x86 JIT's codegen for PROBE_MEM runtime error checks.

   - Remove the need for trace_printk_lock for bpf_trace_printk and
     bpf_trace_vprintk helpers.

   - Extend libbpf's bpf_tracing.h support for tracing arguments of
     kprobes/uprobes and syscall as a special case.

   - Significantly reduce the search time for module symbols by
     livepatch and BPF.

   - Enable cpumasks to be used as kptrs, which is useful for tracing
     programs tracking which tasks end up running on which CPUs in
     different time intervals.

   - Add support for BPF trampoline on s390x and riscv64.

   - Add capability to export the XDP features supported by the NIC.

   - Add __bpf_kfunc tag for marking kernel functions as kfuncs.

   - Add cgroup.memory=nobpf kernel parameter option to disable BPF
     memory accounting for container environments.

  Netfilter:

   - Remove the CLUSTERIP target. It has been marked as obsolete for
     years, and we still have WARN splats wrt races of the out-of-band
     /proc interface installed by this target.

   - Add 'destroy' commands to nf_tables. They are identical to the
     existing 'delete' commands, but do not return an error if the
     referenced object (set, chain, rule...) did not exist.

  Driver API:

   - Improve cpumask_local_spread() locality to help NICs set the right
     IRQ affinity on AMD platforms.

   - Separate C22 and C45 MDIO bus transactions more clearly.

   - Introduce new DCB table to control DSCP rewrite on egress.

   - Support configuration of Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA)
     Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) (802.3cg-2019). Modern version of
     shared medium Ethernet.

   - Support for MAC Merge layer (IEEE 802.3-2018 clause 99). Allowing
     preemption of low priority frames by high priority frames.

   - Add support for controlling MACSec offload using netlink SET.

   - Rework devlink instance refcounts to allow registration and
     de-registration under the instance lock. Split the code into
     multiple files, drop some of the unnecessarily granular locks and
     factor out common parts of netlink operation handling.

   - Add TX frame aggregation parameters (for USB drivers).

   - Add a new attr TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG to report TC (offload) warning
     messages with notifications for debug.

   - Allow offloading of UDP NEW connections via act_ct.

   - Add support for per action HW stats in TC.

   - Support hardware miss to TC action (continue processing in SW from
     a specific point in the action chain).

   - Warn if old Wireless Extension user space interface is used with
     modern cfg80211/mac80211 drivers. Do not support Wireless
     Extensions for Wi-Fi 7 devices at all. Everyone should switch to
     using nl80211 interface instead.

   - Improve the CAN bit timing configuration. Use extack to return
     error messages directly to user space, update the SJW handling,
     including the definition of a new default value that will benefit
     CAN-FD controllers, by increasing their oscillator tolerance.

  New hardware / drivers:

   - Ethernet:
      - nVidia BlueField-3 support (control traffic driver)
      - Ethernet support for imx93 SoCs
      - Motorcomm yt8531 gigabit Ethernet PHY
      - onsemi NCN26000 10BASE-T1S PHY (with support for PLCA)
      - Microchip LAN8841 PHY (incl. cable diagnostics and PTP)
      - Amlogic gxl MDIO mux

   - WiFi:
      - RealTek RTL8188EU (rtl8xxxu)
      - Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices (ath12k)

   - CAN:
      - Renesas R-Car V4H

  Drivers:

   - Bluetooth:
      - Set Per Platform Antenna Gain (PPAG) for Intel controllers.

   - Ethernet NICs:
      - Intel (1G, igc):
         - support TSN / Qbv / packet scheduling features of i226 model
      - Intel (100G, ice):
         - use GNSS subsystem instead of TTY
         - multi-buffer XDP support
         - extend support for GPIO pins to E823 devices
      - nVidia/Mellanox:
         - update the shared buffer configuration on PFC commands
         - implement PTP adjphase function for HW offset control
         - TC support for Geneve and GRE with VF tunnel offload
         - more efficient crypto key management method
         - multi-port eswitch support
      - Netronome/Corigine:
         - add DCB IEEE support
         - support IPsec offloading for NFP3800
      - Freescale/NXP (enetc):
         - support XDP_REDIRECT for XDP non-linear buffers
         - improve reconfig, avoid link flap and waiting for idle
         - support MAC Merge layer
      - Other NICs:
         - sfc/ef100: add basic devlink support for ef100
         - ionic: rx_push mode operation (writing descriptors via MMIO)
         - bnxt: use the auxiliary bus abstraction for RDMA
         - r8169: disable ASPM and reset bus in case of tx timeout
         - cpsw: support QSGMII mode for J721e CPSW9G
         - cpts: support pulse-per-second output
         - ngbe: add an mdio bus driver
         - usbnet: optimize usbnet_bh() by avoiding unnecessary queuing
         - r8152: handle devices with FW with NCM support
         - amd-xgbe: support 10Mbps, 2.5GbE speeds and rx-adaptation
         - virtio-net: support multi buffer XDP
         - virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff
         - tsnep: XDP support

   - Ethernet high-speed switches:
      - nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw):
         - add support for latency TLV (in FW control messages)
      - Microchip (sparx5):
         - separate explicit and implicit traffic forwarding rules, make
           the implicit rules always active
         - add support for egress DSCP rewrite
         - IS0 VCAP support (Ingress Classification)
         - IS2 VCAP filters (protos, L3 addrs, L4 ports, flags, ToS
           etc.)
         - ES2 VCAP support (Egress Access Control)
         - support for Per-Stream Filtering and Policing (802.1Q,
           8.6.5.1)

   - Ethernet embedded switches:
      - Marvell (mv88e6xxx):
         - add MAB (port auth) offload support
         - enable PTP receive for mv88e6390
      - NXP (ocelot):
         - support MAC Merge layer
         - support for the the vsc7512 internal copper phys
      - Microchip:
         - lan9303: convert to PHYLINK
         - lan966x: support TC flower filter statistics
         - lan937x: PTP support for KSZ9563/KSZ8563 and LAN937x
         - lan937x: support Credit Based Shaper configuration
         - ksz9477: support Energy Efficient Ethernet
      - other:
         - qca8k: convert to regmap read/write API, use bulk operations
         - rswitch: Improve TX timestamp accuracy

   - Intel WiFi (iwlwifi):
      - EHT (Wi-Fi 7) rate reporting
      - STEP equalizer support: transfer some STEP (connection to radio
        on platforms with integrated wifi) related parameters from the
        BIOS to the firmware.

   - Qualcomm 802.11ax WiFi (ath11k):
      - IPQ5018 support
      - Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) responder role support
      - channel 177 support

   - MediaTek WiFi (mt76):
      - per-PHY LED support
      - mt7996: EHT (Wi-Fi 7) support
      - Wireless Ethernet Dispatch (WED) reset support
      - switch to using page pool allocator

   - RealTek WiFi (rtw89):
      - support new version of Bluetooth co-existance

   - Mobile:
      - rmnet: support TX aggregation"

* tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1872 commits)
  page_pool: add a comment explaining the fragment counter usage
  net: ethtool: fix __ethtool_dev_mm_supported() implementation
  ethtool: pse-pd: Fix double word in comments
  xsk: add linux/vmalloc.h to xsk.c
  sefltests: netdevsim: wait for devlink instance after netns removal
  selftest: fib_tests: Always cleanup before exit
  net/mlx5e: Align IPsec ASO result memory to be as required by hardware
  net/mlx5e: TC, Set CT miss to the specific ct action instance
  net/mlx5e: Rename CHAIN_TO_REG to MAPPED_OBJ_TO_REG
  net/mlx5: Refactor tc miss handling to a single function
  net/mlx5: Kconfig: Make tc offload depend on tc skb extension
  net/sched: flower: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: flower: Move filter handle initialization earlier
  net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: Rename user cookie and act cookie
  sfc: fix builds without CONFIG_RTC_LIB
  sfc: clean up some inconsistent indentings
  net/mlx4_en: Introduce flexible array to silence overflow warning
  net: lan966x: Fix possible deadlock inside PTP
  net/ulp: Remove redundant ->clone() test in inet_clone_ulp().
  ...

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diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exresolv.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exresolv.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61ee7fb46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exresolv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,539 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0
+/******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Module Name: exresolv - AML Interpreter object resolution
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2022, Intel Corp.
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <acpi/acpi.h>
+#include "accommon.h"
+#include "amlcode.h"
+#include "acdispat.h"
+#include "acinterp.h"
+#include "acnamesp.h"
+
+#define _COMPONENT          ACPI_EXECUTER
+ACPI_MODULE_NAME("exresolv")
+
+/* Local prototypes */
+static acpi_status
+acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value(union acpi_operand_object **stack_ptr,
+				struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state);
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION:    acpi_ex_resolve_to_value
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS:  **stack_ptr         - Points to entry on obj_stack, which can
+ *                                    be either an (union acpi_operand_object *)
+ *                                    or an acpi_handle.
+ *              walk_state          - Current method state
+ *
+ * RETURN:      Status
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Convert Reference objects to values
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+acpi_status
+acpi_ex_resolve_to_value(union acpi_operand_object **stack_ptr,
+			 struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
+{
+	acpi_status status;
+
+	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_PTR(ex_resolve_to_value, stack_ptr);
+
+	if (!stack_ptr || !*stack_ptr) {
+		ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Internal - null pointer"));
+		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_NO_OPERAND);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The entity pointed to by the stack_ptr can be either
+	 * 1) A valid union acpi_operand_object, or
+	 * 2) A struct acpi_namespace_node (named_obj)
+	 */
+	if (ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(*stack_ptr) == ACPI_DESC_TYPE_OPERAND) {
+		status = acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value(stack_ptr, walk_state);
+		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+			return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+		}
+
+		if (!*stack_ptr) {
+			ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Internal - null pointer"));
+			return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_NO_OPERAND);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Object on the stack may have changed if acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value()
+	 * was called (i.e., we can't use an _else_ here.)
+	 */
+	if (ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(*stack_ptr) == ACPI_DESC_TYPE_NAMED) {
+		status =
+		    acpi_ex_resolve_node_to_value(ACPI_CAST_INDIRECT_PTR
+						  (struct acpi_namespace_node,
+						   stack_ptr), walk_state);
+		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+			return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+		}
+	}
+
+	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_EXEC, "Resolved object %p\n", *stack_ptr));
+	return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION:    acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS:  stack_ptr       - Pointer to an internal object
+ *              walk_state      - Current method state
+ *
+ * RETURN:      Status
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Retrieve the value from an internal object. The Reference type
+ *              uses the associated AML opcode to determine the value.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+static acpi_status
+acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value(union acpi_operand_object **stack_ptr,
+				struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
+{
+	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
+	union acpi_operand_object *stack_desc;
+	union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc = NULL;
+	u8 ref_type;
+
+	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ex_resolve_object_to_value);
+
+	stack_desc = *stack_ptr;
+
+	/* This is an object of type union acpi_operand_object */
+
+	switch (stack_desc->common.type) {
+	case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE:
+
+		ref_type = stack_desc->reference.class;
+
+		switch (ref_type) {
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_LOCAL:
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_ARG:
+			/*
+			 * Get the local from the method's state info
+			 * Note: this increments the local's object reference count
+			 */
+			status = acpi_ds_method_data_get_value(ref_type,
+							       stack_desc->
+							       reference.value,
+							       walk_state,
+							       &obj_desc);
+			if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+				return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+			}
+
+			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_EXEC,
+					  "[Arg/Local %X] ValueObj is %p\n",
+					  stack_desc->reference.value,
+					  obj_desc));
+
+			/*
+			 * Now we can delete the original Reference Object and
+			 * replace it with the resolved value
+			 */
+			acpi_ut_remove_reference(stack_desc);
+			*stack_ptr = obj_desc;
+			break;
+
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_INDEX:
+
+			switch (stack_desc->reference.target_type) {
+			case ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER_FIELD:
+
+				/* Just return - do not dereference */
+				break;
+
+			case ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE:
+
+				/* If method call or copy_object - do not dereference */
+
+				if ((walk_state->opcode ==
+				     AML_INT_METHODCALL_OP)
+				    || (walk_state->opcode ==
+					AML_COPY_OBJECT_OP)) {
+					break;
+				}
+
+				/* Otherwise, dereference the package_index to a package element */
+
+				obj_desc = *stack_desc->reference.where;
+				if (obj_desc) {
+					/*
+					 * Valid object descriptor, copy pointer to return value
+					 * (i.e., dereference the package index)
+					 * Delete the ref object, increment the returned object
+					 */
+					acpi_ut_add_reference(obj_desc);
+					*stack_ptr = obj_desc;
+				} else {
+					/*
+					 * A NULL object descriptor means an uninitialized element of
+					 * the package, can't dereference it
+					 */
+					ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+						    "Attempt to dereference an Index to "
+						    "NULL package element Idx=%p",
+						    stack_desc));
+					status = AE_AML_UNINITIALIZED_ELEMENT;
+				}
+				break;
+
+			default:
+
+				/* Invalid reference object */
+
+				ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+					    "Unknown TargetType 0x%X in Index/Reference object %p",
+					    stack_desc->reference.target_type,
+					    stack_desc));
+				status = AE_AML_INTERNAL;
+				break;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_REFOF:
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_DEBUG:
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_TABLE:
+
+			/* Just leave the object as-is, do not dereference */
+
+			break;
+
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_NAME:	/* Reference to a named object */
+
+			/* Dereference the name */
+
+			if ((stack_desc->reference.node->type ==
+			     ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE)
+			    || (stack_desc->reference.node->type ==
+				ACPI_TYPE_THERMAL)) {
+
+				/* These node types do not have 'real' subobjects */
+
+				*stack_ptr = (void *)stack_desc->reference.node;
+			} else {
+				/* Get the object pointed to by the namespace node */
+
+				*stack_ptr =
+				    (stack_desc->reference.node)->object;
+				acpi_ut_add_reference(*stack_ptr);
+			}
+
+			acpi_ut_remove_reference(stack_desc);
+			break;
+
+		default:
+
+			ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+				    "Unknown Reference type 0x%X in %p",
+				    ref_type, stack_desc));
+			status = AE_AML_INTERNAL;
+			break;
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER:
+
+		status = acpi_ds_get_buffer_arguments(stack_desc);
+		break;
+
+	case ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE:
+
+		status = acpi_ds_get_package_arguments(stack_desc);
+		break;
+
+	case ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER_FIELD:
+	case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REGION_FIELD:
+	case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_BANK_FIELD:
+	case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_INDEX_FIELD:
+
+		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_EXEC,
+				  "FieldRead SourceDesc=%p Type=%X\n",
+				  stack_desc, stack_desc->common.type));
+
+		status =
+		    acpi_ex_read_data_from_field(walk_state, stack_desc,
+						 &obj_desc);
+
+		/* Remove a reference to the original operand, then override */
+
+		acpi_ut_remove_reference(*stack_ptr);
+		*stack_ptr = (void *)obj_desc;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION:    acpi_ex_resolve_multiple
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS:  walk_state          - Current state (contains AML opcode)
+ *              operand             - Starting point for resolution
+ *              return_type         - Where the object type is returned
+ *              return_desc         - Where the resolved object is returned
+ *
+ * RETURN:      Status
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Return the base object and type. Traverse a reference list if
+ *              necessary to get to the base object.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+acpi_status
+acpi_ex_resolve_multiple(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
+			 union acpi_operand_object *operand,
+			 acpi_object_type *return_type,
+			 union acpi_operand_object **return_desc)
+{
+	union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc = ACPI_CAST_PTR(void, operand);
+	struct acpi_namespace_node *node =
+	    ACPI_CAST_PTR(struct acpi_namespace_node, operand);
+	acpi_object_type type;
+	acpi_status status;
+
+	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(acpi_ex_resolve_multiple);
+
+	/* Operand can be either a namespace node or an operand descriptor */
+
+	switch (ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(obj_desc)) {
+	case ACPI_DESC_TYPE_OPERAND:
+
+		type = obj_desc->common.type;
+		break;
+
+	case ACPI_DESC_TYPE_NAMED:
+
+		type = ((struct acpi_namespace_node *)obj_desc)->type;
+		obj_desc = acpi_ns_get_attached_object(node);
+
+		/* If we had an Alias node, use the attached object for type info */
+
+		if (type == ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_ALIAS) {
+			type = ((struct acpi_namespace_node *)obj_desc)->type;
+			obj_desc = acpi_ns_get_attached_object((struct
+								acpi_namespace_node
+								*)obj_desc);
+		}
+
+		switch (type) {
+		case ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE:
+		case ACPI_TYPE_THERMAL:
+
+			/* These types have no attached subobject */
+			break;
+
+		default:
+
+			/* All other types require a subobject */
+
+			if (!obj_desc) {
+				ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+					    "[%4.4s] Node is unresolved or uninitialized",
+					    acpi_ut_get_node_name(node)));
+				return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_UNINITIALIZED_NODE);
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE);
+	}
+
+	/* If type is anything other than a reference, we are done */
+
+	if (type != ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE) {
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * For reference objects created via the ref_of, Index, or Load/load_table
+	 * operators, we need to get to the base object (as per the ACPI
+	 * specification of the object_type and size_of operators). This means
+	 * traversing the list of possibly many nested references.
+	 */
+	while (obj_desc->common.type == ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE) {
+		switch (obj_desc->reference.class) {
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_REFOF:
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_NAME:
+
+			/* Dereference the reference pointer */
+
+			if (obj_desc->reference.class == ACPI_REFCLASS_REFOF) {
+				node = obj_desc->reference.object;
+			} else {	/* AML_INT_NAMEPATH_OP */
+
+				node = obj_desc->reference.node;
+			}
+
+			/* All "References" point to a NS node */
+
+			if (ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(node) !=
+			    ACPI_DESC_TYPE_NAMED) {
+				ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+					    "Not a namespace node %p [%s]",
+					    node,
+					    acpi_ut_get_descriptor_name(node)));
+				return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_INTERNAL);
+			}
+
+			/* Get the attached object */
+
+			obj_desc = acpi_ns_get_attached_object(node);
+			if (!obj_desc) {
+
+				/* No object, use the NS node type */
+
+				type = acpi_ns_get_type(node);
+				goto exit;
+			}
+
+			/* Check for circular references */
+
+			if (obj_desc == operand) {
+				return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_CIRCULAR_REFERENCE);
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_INDEX:
+
+			/* Get the type of this reference (index into another object) */
+
+			type = obj_desc->reference.target_type;
+			if (type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE) {
+				goto exit;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * The main object is a package, we want to get the type
+			 * of the individual package element that is referenced by
+			 * the index.
+			 *
+			 * This could of course in turn be another reference object.
+			 */
+			obj_desc = *(obj_desc->reference.where);
+			if (!obj_desc) {
+
+				/* NULL package elements are allowed */
+
+				type = 0;	/* Uninitialized */
+				goto exit;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_TABLE:
+
+			type = ACPI_TYPE_DDB_HANDLE;
+			goto exit;
+
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_LOCAL:
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_ARG:
+
+			if (return_desc) {
+				status =
+				    acpi_ds_method_data_get_value(obj_desc->
+								  reference.
+								  class,
+								  obj_desc->
+								  reference.
+								  value,
+								  walk_state,
+								  &obj_desc);
+				if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+					return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+				}
+				acpi_ut_remove_reference(obj_desc);
+			} else {
+				status =
+				    acpi_ds_method_data_get_node(obj_desc->
+								 reference.
+								 class,
+								 obj_desc->
+								 reference.
+								 value,
+								 walk_state,
+								 &node);
+				if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+					return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+				}
+
+				obj_desc = acpi_ns_get_attached_object(node);
+				if (!obj_desc) {
+					type = ACPI_TYPE_ANY;
+					goto exit;
+				}
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case ACPI_REFCLASS_DEBUG:
+
+			/* The Debug Object is of type "DebugObject" */
+
+			type = ACPI_TYPE_DEBUG_OBJECT;
+			goto exit;
+
+		default:
+
+			ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+				    "Unknown Reference Class 0x%2.2X",
+				    obj_desc->reference.class));
+			return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_INTERNAL);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Now we are guaranteed to have an object that has not been created
+	 * via the ref_of or Index operators.
+	 */
+	type = obj_desc->common.type;
+
+exit:
+	/* Convert internal types to external types */
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REGION_FIELD:
+	case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_BANK_FIELD:
+	case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_INDEX_FIELD:
+
+		type = ACPI_TYPE_FIELD_UNIT;
+		break;
+
+	case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_SCOPE:
+
+		/* Per ACPI Specification, Scope is untyped */
+
+		type = ACPI_TYPE_ANY;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+
+		/* No change to Type required */
+
+		break;
+	}
+
+	*return_type = type;
+	if (return_desc) {
+		*return_desc = obj_desc;
+	}
+	return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
+}