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authorBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>2009-10-13 10:20:33 +0800
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2009-11-24 20:30:03 -0500
commit2752699392b828edf3123f911f6e8b4dd7daeb56 (patch)
tree3f7f0c632f1bee2b45ca743d1127316fae2bea19 /drivers/acpi/acpica
parent648f4e3e50c4793d9dbf9a09afa193631f76fa26 (diff)
downloadlinux-2752699392b828edf3123f911f6e8b4dd7daeb56.tar.bz2
ACPICA: Add repair for bad _BIF/_BIX packages
Add a repair for the "Oem Information" field which is often mistakenly returned as an integer. It should always be a string. ACPICA BZ 807. http://www.acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=807 Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/acpica')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c91
1 files changed, 65 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c
index db2b2a99c3a8..dfa31c5ba6c3 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ acpi_ns_repair_object(struct acpi_predefined_data *data,
union acpi_operand_object *new_object;
acpi_size length;
+ /*
+ * At this point, we know that the type of the returned object was not
+ * one of the expected types for this predefined name. Attempt to
+ * repair the object. Only a limited number of repairs are possible.
+ */
switch (return_object->common.type) {
case ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER:
@@ -111,43 +116,77 @@ acpi_ns_repair_object(struct acpi_predefined_data *data,
*/
ACPI_MEMCPY(new_object->string.pointer,
return_object->buffer.pointer, length);
+ break;
- /*
- * If the original object is a package element, we need to:
- * 1. Set the reference count of the new object to match the
- * reference count of the old object.
- * 2. Decrement the reference count of the original object.
- */
- if (package_index != ACPI_NOT_PACKAGE_ELEMENT) {
- new_object->common.reference_count =
- return_object->common.reference_count;
+ case ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER:
+
+ /* Does the method/object legally return a string? */
- if (return_object->common.reference_count > 1) {
- return_object->common.reference_count--;
+ if (expected_btypes & ACPI_RTYPE_STRING) {
+ /*
+ * The only supported Integer-to-String conversion is to convert
+ * an integer of value 0 to a NULL string. The last element of
+ * _BIF and _BIX packages occasionally need this fix.
+ */
+ if (return_object->integer.value != 0) {
+ return (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE);
}
- ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED((AE_INFO, data->pathname,
- data->node_flags,
- "Converted Buffer to expected String at index %u",
- package_index));
+ /* Allocate a new NULL string object */
+
+ new_object = acpi_ut_create_string_object(0);
+ if (!new_object) {
+ return (AE_NO_MEMORY);
+ }
} else {
- ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED((AE_INFO, data->pathname,
- data->node_flags,
- "Converted Buffer to expected String"));
+ return (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE);
}
+ break;
- /* Delete old object, install the new return object */
+ default:
- acpi_ut_remove_reference(return_object);
- *return_object_ptr = new_object;
- data->flags |= ACPI_OBJECT_REPAIRED;
- return (AE_OK);
+ /* We cannot repair this object */
- default:
- break;
+ return (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE);
+ }
+
+ /* Object was successfully repaired */
+
+ /*
+ * If the original object is a package element, we need to:
+ * 1. Set the reference count of the new object to match the
+ * reference count of the old object.
+ * 2. Decrement the reference count of the original object.
+ */
+ if (package_index != ACPI_NOT_PACKAGE_ELEMENT) {
+ new_object->common.reference_count =
+ return_object->common.reference_count;
+
+ if (return_object->common.reference_count > 1) {
+ return_object->common.reference_count--;
+ }
+
+ ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED((AE_INFO, data->pathname, data->node_flags,
+ "Converted %s to expected %s at index %u",
+ acpi_ut_get_object_type_name
+ (return_object),
+ acpi_ut_get_object_type_name(new_object),
+ package_index));
+ } else {
+ ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED((AE_INFO, data->pathname, data->node_flags,
+ "Converted %s to expected %s",
+ acpi_ut_get_object_type_name
+ (return_object),
+ acpi_ut_get_object_type_name
+ (new_object)));
}
- return (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE);
+ /* Delete old object, install the new return object */
+
+ acpi_ut_remove_reference(return_object);
+ *return_object_ptr = new_object;
+ data->flags |= ACPI_OBJECT_REPAIRED;
+ return (AE_OK);
}
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