On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 02:20:51PM -0700, Erik Schmauss wrote:
> AML opcodes come in two lengths: 1-byte opcodes and 2-byte, extended opcodes.
> If an error occurs due to illegal opcodes during table load, the AML parser
> needs to continue loading the table. In order to do this, it needs to skip
> parsing of the offending opcode and operands associated with that opcode.
>
> This change fixes the AML parse loop to correctly skip parsing of incorrect
> extended opcodes. Previously, only the short opcodes were skipped correctly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Erik Schmauss <erik.schmauss@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/acpica/psloop.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.
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