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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c index f393de9f5887..7d8ef52fb88d 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c @@ -565,15 +565,14 @@ acpi_ds_create_operand(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state, status = AE_OK; } else if (parent_op->common.aml_opcode == AML_EXTERNAL_OP) { - - /* TBD: May only be temporary */ - - obj_desc = - acpi_ut_create_string_object((acpi_size)name_length); - - strncpy(obj_desc->string.pointer, - name_string, name_length); - status = AE_OK; + /* + * This opcode should never appear here. It is used only + * by AML disassemblers and is surrounded by an If(0) + * by the ASL compiler. + * + * Therefore, if we see it here, it is a serious error. + */ + status = AE_AML_BAD_OPCODE; } else { /* * We just plain didn't find it -- which is a |