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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c17
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
index d2c8d8279e7a..24c197d91f29 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
@@ -495,8 +495,9 @@ acpi_ns_repair_HID(struct acpi_evaluate_info *info,
union acpi_operand_object **return_object_ptr)
{
union acpi_operand_object *return_object = *return_object_ptr;
- char *dest;
+ union acpi_operand_object *new_string;
char *source;
+ char *dest;
ACPI_FUNCTION_NAME(ns_repair_HID);
@@ -517,6 +518,13 @@ acpi_ns_repair_HID(struct acpi_evaluate_info *info,
return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
}
+ /* It is simplest to always create a new string object */
+
+ new_string = acpi_ut_create_string_object(return_object->string.length);
+ if (!new_string) {
+ return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NO_MEMORY);
+ }
+
/*
* Remove a leading asterisk if present. For some unknown reason, there
* are many machines in the field that contains IDs like this.
@@ -526,7 +534,7 @@ acpi_ns_repair_HID(struct acpi_evaluate_info *info,
source = return_object->string.pointer;
if (*source == '*') {
source++;
- return_object->string.length--;
+ new_string->string.length--;
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_REPAIR,
"%s: Removed invalid leading asterisk\n",
@@ -541,11 +549,12 @@ acpi_ns_repair_HID(struct acpi_evaluate_info *info,
* "NNNN####" where N is an uppercase letter or decimal digit, and
* # is a hex digit.
*/
- for (dest = return_object->string.pointer; *source; dest++, source++) {
+ for (dest = new_string->string.pointer; *source; dest++, source++) {
*dest = (char)toupper((int)*source);
}
- return_object->string.pointer[return_object->string.length] = 0;
+ acpi_ut_remove_reference(return_object);
+ *return_object_ptr = new_string;
return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
}