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| author | Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com> | 2009-08-26 03:01:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-08-28 21:17:07 +0200 |
| commit | b0de22bdffa2e9a8e280d769c59f866605268484 (patch) | |
| tree | 5415e58e6f2f0a76a1057659d51b39efcffe4925 /drivers/acpi | |
| parent | Linux 2.6.31-rc8 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b0de22bdffa2e9a8e280d769c59f866605268484.tar.xz linux-b0de22bdffa2e9a8e280d769c59f866605268484.zip | |
ACPICA: Windows compatibility fix: same buffer/string store
Fix a compatibility issue when the same buffer or string is
stored to itself. This has been seen in the field. Previously,
ACPICA would zero out the buffer/string. Now, the operation is
treated as a NOP.
http://bugzilla.acpica.org/show_bug.cgi?id=803
Reported-by: Rezwanul Kabir <Rezwanul_Kabir@Dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/acpica/exstorob.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstorob.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstorob.c index 67340cc70142..257706e7734f 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstorob.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstorob.c @@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ acpi_ex_store_buffer_to_buffer(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc, ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_PTR(ex_store_buffer_to_buffer, source_desc); + /* If Source and Target are the same, just return */ + + if (source_desc == target_desc) { + return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK); + } + /* We know that source_desc is a buffer by now */ buffer = ACPI_CAST_PTR(u8, source_desc->buffer.pointer); @@ -161,6 +167,12 @@ acpi_ex_store_string_to_string(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc, ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_PTR(ex_store_string_to_string, source_desc); + /* If Source and Target are the same, just return */ + + if (source_desc == target_desc) { + return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK); + } + /* We know that source_desc is a string by now */ buffer = ACPI_CAST_PTR(u8, source_desc->string.pointer); |