This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ACPICA: Interpreter: Fix Store() when implicit conversion is not possible. to the 3.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: acpica-interpreter-fix-store-when-implicit-conversion-is-not-possible.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 3f654bad3257427bea7ba1c4d43a23d99a03622b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:11:45 +0000 Subject: ACPICA: Interpreter: Fix Store() when implicit conversion is not possible. From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> commit 3f654bad3257427bea7ba1c4d43a23d99a03622b upstream. For the cases such as a store of a string to an existing package object, implement the store as a CopyObject(). This is a small departure from the ACPI specification which states that the control method should be aborted in this case. However, ASLTS suite depends on this behavior. Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpica/exstore.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstore.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstore.c @@ -487,14 +487,33 @@ acpi_ex_store_object_to_node(union acpi_ default: ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_EXEC, - "Storing %s (%p) directly into node (%p) with no implicit conversion\n", + "Storing [%s] (%p) directly into node [%s] (%p)" + " with no implicit conversion\n", acpi_ut_get_object_type_name(source_desc), - source_desc, node)); + source_desc, + acpi_ut_get_object_type_name(target_desc), + node)); - /* No conversions for all other types. Just attach the source object */ + /* + * No conversions for all other types. Directly store a copy of + * the source object. NOTE: This is a departure from the ACPI + * spec, which states "If conversion is impossible, abort the + * running control method". + * + * This code implements "If conversion is impossible, treat the + * Store operation as a CopyObject". + */ + status = + acpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject(source_desc, &new_desc, + walk_state); + if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { + return_ACPI_STATUS(status); + } - status = acpi_ns_attach_object(node, source_desc, - source_desc->common.type); + status = + acpi_ns_attach_object(node, new_desc, + new_desc->common.type); + acpi_ut_remove_reference(new_desc); break; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx are queue-3.4/acpica-fix-for-a-store-argx-when-argx-contains-a-reference-to-a-field.patch queue-3.4/acpica-derefof-operator-update-to-fully-resolve-fieldunit-and-bufferfield-refs.patch queue-3.4/acpica-return-error-if-derefof-resolves-to-a-null-package-element.patch queue-3.4/acpica-interpreter-fix-store-when-implicit-conversion-is-not-possible.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html