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authorBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>2013-08-08 15:29:38 +0800
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2013-08-13 13:10:36 +0200
commitbf0dd264b1207b090858e7847919af5f2e367d7c (patch)
tree13dbf445dd4d4c05a28d65cc5da9b695f1a7a11e /drivers/acpi
parent63660e05ec719613b518547b40a1c501c10f0bc4 (diff)
downloadlinux-bf0dd264b1207b090858e7847919af5f2e367d7c.tar.bz2
ACPICA: Fix possible fault for methods that optionally have no return value.
Currently applies to the _WAK method only. If the method has no return value and slack mode is not enabled, the return value validation code can fault. Also improves the error message when an expected return value is missing (for any predefined name/method). The problem fixed here cannot happen on Linux unless acpi=strict is added to the kernel command line. Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c16
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
index 24b71a01bf93..098e7666cbc9 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
@@ -151,6 +151,15 @@ acpi_ns_check_return_value(struct acpi_namespace_node *node,
}
/*
+ *
+ * 4) If there is no return value and it is optional, just return
+ * AE_OK (_WAK).
+ */
+ if (!(*return_object_ptr)) {
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
+ /*
* For returned Package objects, check the type of all sub-objects.
* Note: Package may have been newly created by call above.
*/
@@ -268,7 +277,12 @@ acpi_ns_check_object_type(struct acpi_evaluate_info *info,
acpi_ut_get_expected_return_types(type_buffer, expected_btypes);
- if (package_index == ACPI_NOT_PACKAGE_ELEMENT) {
+ if (!return_object) {
+ ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED((AE_INFO, info->full_pathname,
+ info->node_flags,
+ "Expected return object of type %s",
+ type_buffer));
+ } else if (package_index == ACPI_NOT_PACKAGE_ELEMENT) {
ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED((AE_INFO, info->full_pathname,
info->node_flags,
"Return type mismatch - found %s, expected %s",