From a5e466bc2c02df13e369d2ef846d0895e562d732 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Undefine <undefine@undefine.pl>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:45:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] LibACPI: Add Object::as_pointer and Object::release_as

Those will be needed to avoid some copies that are not allowed in the
kernel.
---
 Userland/Libraries/LibACPI/Object.h | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibACPI/Object.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibACPI/Object.h
index fb67ec0eb7b..434e7a9fc7a 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibACPI/Object.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibACPI/Object.h
@@ -81,9 +81,26 @@ public:
 
     template<IsNodeData T>
     constexpr ErrorOr<T> as() const
+    {
+        return *TRY(as_pointer<T>());
+    }
+
+    template<IsNodeData T>
+    constexpr ErrorOr<T const*> as_pointer() const
     {
         if (m_data.has<T>())
-            return m_data.get<T>();
+            return m_data.get_pointer<T>();
+
+        // TODO: Implement casting according both to ACPI spec and whatever Windows does.
+        // https://uefi.org/specs/ACPI/6.6/19_ASL_Reference.html#implicit-source-operand-conversion
+        return Error::from_string_view_or_print_error_and_return_errno("Can not cast given type!"sv, EINVAL);
+    }
+
+    template<IsNodeData T>
+    constexpr ErrorOr<T> release_as()
+    {
+        if (m_data.has<T>())
+            return move(m_data.get<T>());
 
         // TODO: Implement casting according both to ACPI spec and whatever Windows does.
         // https://uefi.org/specs/ACPI/6.6/19_ASL_Reference.html#implicit-source-operand-conversion