From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> ACPICA commit f2d349f8a11efc0f438ad6903564f3a6755dc6b9 The interpreter should never see this opcode (it is used by disassemblers), so the final implementation is to return an error. Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/f2d349f8 Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c index f393de9..7d8ef52 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c @@ -565,15 +565,14 @@ acpi_ds_create_operand(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state, status = AE_OK; } else if (parent_op->common.aml_opcode == AML_EXTERNAL_OP) { - - /* TBD: May only be temporary */ - - obj_desc = - acpi_ut_create_string_object((acpi_size)name_length); - - strncpy(obj_desc->string.pointer, - name_string, name_length); - status = AE_OK; + /* + * This opcode should never appear here. It is used only + * by AML disassemblers and is surrounded by an If(0) + * by the ASL compiler. + * + * Therefore, if we see it here, it is a serious error. + */ + status = AE_AML_BAD_OPCODE; } else { /* * We just plain didn't find it -- which is a -- 1.7.10 -- 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