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ACPICA: Fix wrong object length returned by acpi_ut_get_simple_object_size().

The object length returned by acpi_ut_get_simple_object_size() should
be rounded up to the closest word boundary.

This patch ports a fix from ACPICA upstream to Linux.

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Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Lv Zheng 11 years ago
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130797a6c3
1 changed files with 13 additions and 10 deletions
  1. 13 10
      drivers/acpi/acpica/utobject.c

+ 13 - 10
drivers/acpi/acpica/utobject.c

@@ -461,25 +461,28 @@ acpi_ut_get_simple_object_size(union acpi_operand_object *internal_object,
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_PTR(ut_get_simple_object_size, internal_object);
 
+	/* Start with the length of the (external) Acpi object */
+
+	length = sizeof(union acpi_object);
+
+	/* A NULL object is allowed, can be a legal uninitialized package element */
+
+	if (!internal_object) {
 	/*
-	 * Handle a null object (Could be a uninitialized package
-	 * element -- which is legal)
+		 * Object is NULL, just return the length of union acpi_object
+		 * (A NULL union acpi_object is an object of all zeroes.)
 	 */
-	if (!internal_object) {
-		*obj_length = sizeof(union acpi_object);
+		*obj_length = ACPI_ROUND_UP_TO_NATIVE_WORD(length);
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
 	}
 
-	/* Start with the length of the Acpi object */
-
-	length = sizeof(union acpi_object);
+	/* A Namespace Node should never appear here */
 
 	if (ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(internal_object) == ACPI_DESC_TYPE_NAMED) {
 
-		/* Object is a named object (reference), just return the length */
+		/* A namespace node should never get here */
 
-		*obj_length = ACPI_ROUND_UP_TO_NATIVE_WORD(length);
-		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_INTERNAL);
 	}
 
 	/*