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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c27
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c
index fec895af6ae6..582995ef9f34 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c
@@ -987,9 +987,21 @@ static int __init asus_hotk_get_info(void)
printk(KERN_NOTICE " BSTS called, 0x%02x returned\n",
bsts_result);
- /* Samsung P30 has a device with a valid _HID whose INIT does not
- * return anything. Catch this one and any similar here */
- if (buffer.pointer == NULL) {
+ /* This is unlikely with implicit return */
+ if (buffer.pointer == NULL)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ model = (union acpi_object *) buffer.pointer;
+ /*
+ * Samsung P30 has a device with a valid _HID whose INIT does not
+ * return anything. It used to be possible to catch this exception,
+ * but the implicit return code will now happily confuse the
+ * driver. We assume that every ACPI_TYPE_STRING is a valid model
+ * identifier but it's still possible to get completely bogus data.
+ */
+ if (model->type == ACPI_TYPE_STRING) {
+ printk(KERN_NOTICE " %s model detected, ", model->string.pointer);
+ } else {
if (asus_info && /* Samsung P30 */
strncmp(asus_info->oem_table_id, "ODEM", 4) == 0) {
hotk->model = P30;
@@ -1002,13 +1014,10 @@ static int __init asus_hotk_get_info(void)
"the developers with your DSDT\n");
}
hotk->methods = &model_conf[hotk->model];
- return AE_OK;
- }
+
+ acpi_os_free(model);
- model = (union acpi_object *)buffer.pointer;
- if (model->type == ACPI_TYPE_STRING) {
- printk(KERN_NOTICE " %s model detected, ",
- model->string.pointer);
+ return AE_OK;
}
hotk->model = END_MODEL;