From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> Allows null field list in Field(), BankField(), and IndexField(). 2.6.26-rc1 regression: ACPI fails to load SDT. - Dell M1530 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10606 Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsfield.c | 5 +---- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsfield.c b/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsfield.c index c780783..f988a5e 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsfield.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsfield.c @@ -450,10 +450,6 @@ acpi_ds_init_field_objects(union acpi_parse_object *op, return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_BAD_PARAMETER); } - if (!arg) { - return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_NO_OPERAND); - } - /* Creating new namespace node(s), should not already exist */ flags = ACPI_NS_NO_UPSEARCH | ACPI_NS_DONT_OPEN_SCOPE | @@ -467,6 +463,7 @@ acpi_ds_init_field_objects(union acpi_parse_object *op, /* * Walk the list of entries in the field_list + * Note: field_list can be of zero length. In this case, Arg will be NULL. */ while (arg) { /* -- 1.5.6.rc2.23.gea81e -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
