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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c17
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