On 24/03/16 17:18, Moore, Robert wrote:
> The "temporary" part is true. We were using the code block to test the ExternalOp that came from ACPi 6.0.
> 
> In truth, the interpreter should never see an external opcode because it will be surrounded by an If(0) conditional. So, the code block in question should probably go away completely.
> 
> Bob

OK, so either this code gets ripped out, or we fix it with the small
fix, at least either way we clean up the code.

Colin

> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Devel [mailto:devel-bounces(a)acpica.org] On Behalf Of Colin King
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 3:17 PM
>> To: devel(a)acpica.org
>> Subject: [Devel] [PATCH] Check for failed string allocation and set Status
>> accordingly
>>
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king(a)canonical.com>
>>
>> It is possible that AcpiUtCreateStringObject fails to allocate a string
>> object, so check for this condition and set Status to AE_NO_MEMORY to
>> indicate a memory allocation failure.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king(a)canonical.com>
>> ---
>>  source/components/dispatcher/dsutils.c | 12 +++++++++---
>>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/source/components/dispatcher/dsutils.c
>> b/source/components/dispatcher/dsutils.c
>> index 52e9ca8..124dc67 100644
>> --- a/source/components/dispatcher/dsutils.c
>> +++ b/source/components/dispatcher/dsutils.c
>> @@ -678,9 +678,15 @@ AcpiDsCreateOperand (
>>                      /* TBD: May only be temporary */
>>
>>                      ObjDesc = AcpiUtCreateStringObject ((ACPI_SIZE)
>> NameLength);
>> -
>> -                    strncpy (ObjDesc->String.Pointer, NameString,
>> NameLength);
>> -                    Status = AE_OK;
>> +                    if (!ObjDesc)
>> +                    {
>> +                        Status = AE_NO_MEMORY;
>> +                    }
>> +                    else
>> +                    {
>> +                        strncpy (ObjDesc->String.Pointer, NameString,
>> NameLength);
>> +                        Status = AE_OK;
>> +                    }
>>                  }
>>                  else
>>                  {
>> --
>> 2.7.3
>>
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