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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/acpica/utalloc.c | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/acpi/actypes.h | 12 |
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c index e973e311f856..1f0c28ba50df 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ acpi_evaluate_object_typed(acpi_handle handle, acpi_object_type return_type) { acpi_status status; - u8 must_free = FALSE; + u8 free_buffer_on_error = FALSE; ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(acpi_evaluate_object_typed); @@ -95,14 +95,13 @@ acpi_evaluate_object_typed(acpi_handle handle, } if (return_buffer->length == ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER) { - must_free = TRUE; + free_buffer_on_error = TRUE; } /* Evaluate the object */ - status = - acpi_evaluate_object(handle, pathname, external_params, - return_buffer); + status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, pathname, + external_params, return_buffer); if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { return_ACPI_STATUS(status); } @@ -135,11 +134,15 @@ acpi_evaluate_object_typed(acpi_handle handle, pointer)->type), acpi_ut_get_type_name(return_type))); - if (must_free) { - - /* Caller used ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, free the return buffer */ - - ACPI_FREE_BUFFER(*return_buffer); + if (free_buffer_on_error) { + /* + * Free a buffer created via ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER. + * Note: We use acpi_os_free here because acpi_os_allocate was used + * to allocate the buffer. This purposefully bypasses the + * (optionally enabled) allocation tracking mechanism since we + * only want to track internal allocations. + */ + acpi_os_free(return_buffer->pointer); return_buffer->pointer = NULL; } diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utalloc.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utalloc.c index 814267f52715..1851762fc5b5 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utalloc.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utalloc.c @@ -302,9 +302,13 @@ acpi_ut_initialize_buffer(struct acpi_buffer * buffer, return (AE_BUFFER_OVERFLOW); case ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER: - - /* Allocate a new buffer */ - + /* + * Allocate a new buffer. We directectly call acpi_os_allocate here to + * purposefully bypass the (optionally enabled) internal allocation + * tracking mechanism since we only want to track internal + * allocations. Note: The caller should use acpi_os_free to free this + * buffer created via ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER. + */ buffer->pointer = acpi_os_allocate(required_length); break; diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h index 809b1a0fee7f..68a3ada689c9 100644 --- a/include/acpi/actypes.h +++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h @@ -928,8 +928,8 @@ struct acpi_object_list { * Miscellaneous common Data Structures used by the interfaces */ #define ACPI_NO_BUFFER 0 -#define ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER (acpi_size) (-1) -#define ACPI_ALLOCATE_LOCAL_BUFFER (acpi_size) (-2) +#define ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER (acpi_size) (-1) /* Let ACPICA allocate buffer */ +#define ACPI_ALLOCATE_LOCAL_BUFFER (acpi_size) (-2) /* For internal use only (enables tracking) */ struct acpi_buffer { acpi_size length; /* Length in bytes of the buffer */ @@ -937,14 +937,6 @@ struct acpi_buffer { }; /* - * Free a buffer created in an struct acpi_buffer via ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER. - * Note: We use acpi_os_free here because acpi_os_allocate was used to allocate - * the buffer. This purposefully bypasses the internal allocation tracking - * mechanism (if it is enabled). - */ -#define ACPI_FREE_BUFFER(b) acpi_os_free((b).pointer) - -/* * name_type for acpi_get_name */ #define ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME 0 |