From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:27:51 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: ACPICA: Add support for zero-length buffer-to-string conversions
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.28-rc1~26^2~26^2~1
X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4ca846e9270f305ad19e61f6654664f31459f332;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git

ACPICA: Add support for zero-length buffer-to-string conversions

Allow zero length strings during interpreter buffer-to-string
conversions. For example, during the ToDecimalString and
ToHexString operaters, as well as implicit conversions. Fiodor
Suietov.  ACPICA BZ 585.

http://www.acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=585

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
---

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconvrt.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconvrt.c
index 890378e789a..1d1f35adddd 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconvrt.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconvrt.c
@@ -512,9 +512,14 @@ acpi_ex_convert_to_string(union acpi_operand_object * obj_desc,
 		/*
 		 * Create a new string object and string buffer
 		 * (-1 because of extra separator included in string_length from above)
+		 * Allow creation of zero-length strings from zero-length buffers.
 		 */
+		if (string_length) {
+			string_length--;
+		}
+
 		return_desc = acpi_ut_create_string_object((acpi_size)
-							   (string_length - 1));
+							   string_length);
 		if (!return_desc) {
 			return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NO_MEMORY);
 		}
@@ -537,7 +542,9 @@ acpi_ex_convert_to_string(union acpi_operand_object * obj_desc,
 		 * Null terminate the string
 		 * (overwrites final comma/space from above)
 		 */
-		new_buf--;
+		if (obj_desc->buffer.length) {
+			new_buf--;
+		}
 		*new_buf = 0;
 		break;