RE: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.4 24/35] ACPICA: iASL: Fix for WPBT table with no command-line arguments

From: Moore, Robert
Date: Fri Sep 17 2021 - 15:22:07 EST


This structure is used by the iASL data table disassembler.
Bob


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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2021 12:46 AM
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Moore, Robert <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>; Wysocki, Rafael J <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.4 24/35] ACPICA: iASL: Fix for WPBT table with no command-line arguments

Hi!

> Handle the case where the Command-line Arguments table field does not
> exist.
>
> ACPICA commit d6487164497fda170a1b1453c5d58f2be7c873d6

I'm not sure what is going on here, but adding unused definition will not make any difference for 4.4 users, so we don't need this in -stable...?

Best regards,
Pavel

> +++ b/include/acpi/actbl3.h
> @@ -738,6 +738,10 @@ struct acpi_table_wpbt {
> u16 arguments_length;
> };
>
> +struct acpi_wpbt_unicode {
> + u16 *unicode_string;
> +};
> +
> /*******************************************************************************
> *
> * XENV - Xen Environment Table (ACPI 6.0)

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