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authorBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>2007-02-02 19:48:18 +0300
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2007-02-02 21:14:20 -0500
commit24058054d781934df526be114c612cf2b29cf4e7 (patch)
tree66ca3e558fea81ec8ec38127f49df17c88f51115
parentc9e3ba2c1d178195e17bb4f1d49c32e0be8dbb16 (diff)
ACPICA: Handle mis-matched package length
Implement support within the AML interpreter for package objects that contain a mismatch between the AML length and package element count. In this case, the lesser of the two is used. Some BIOS code apparently modifies the package length on the fly, and this change supports this. Provides compatibility with the MS AML interpreter. Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <alexey.y.starikovskiy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsobject.c27
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsobject.c b/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsobject.c
index 72190abb1d5..aaeb9f987ec 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsobject.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsobject.c
@@ -318,9 +318,7 @@ acpi_ds_build_internal_package_obj(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
obj_desc->package.node = parent->common.node;
}
- obj_desc->package.count = package_length;
-
- /* Count the number of items in the package list */
+ /* Count the *actual* number of items in the package list */
arg = op->common.value.arg;
arg = arg->common.next;
@@ -329,11 +327,24 @@ acpi_ds_build_internal_package_obj(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
}
/*
- * The package length (number of elements) will be the greater
- * of the specified length and the length of the initializer list
+ * The number of elements in the package will be the lesser of the
+ * specified element count and the length of the initializer list.
+ *
+ * Even though the ASL compilers do not allow this to happen (for the
+ * fixed length package opcode), some BIOS code modifies the AML on the
+ * fly to adjust the package length, and this code compensates for that.
+ * This also provides compatibility with other AML interpreters.
*/
- if (package_list_length > package_length) {
- obj_desc->package.count = package_list_length;
+ obj_desc->package.count = package_length;
+
+ if (package_list_length != package_length) {
+ ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
+ "Package length mismatch, using lesser of %X(Length Arg) and %X(AML Length)\n",
+ package_length, package_list_length));
+
+ if (package_list_length < package_length) {
+ obj_desc->package.count = package_list_length;
+ }
}
/*
@@ -356,7 +367,7 @@ acpi_ds_build_internal_package_obj(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
*/
arg = op->common.value.arg;
arg = arg->common.next;
- for (i = 0; arg; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < obj_desc->package.count; i++) {
if (arg->common.aml_opcode == AML_INT_RETURN_VALUE_OP) {
/* Object (package or buffer) is already built */