linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 01/56] ACPICA: Resources: Not a valid resource if buffer length too long

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Message-ID: <CF6A88132359CE47947DB4C6E1709ED577C00E@ORSMSX110.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:05:21 +0000
From:   "Schmauss, Erik" <erik.schmauss@...el.com>
To:     "alexander.levin@...izon.com" <alexander.levin@...izon.com>,
        "Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 01/56] ACPICA: Resources: Not a valid
 resource if buffer length too long



> -----Original Message-----
> From: alexander.levin@...izon.com [mailto:alexander.levin@...izon.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 8:39 AM
> To: Moore, Robert <robert.moore@...el.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; stable@...r.kernel.org; Wysocki, Rafael J
> <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>; Schmauss, Erik <erik.schmauss@...el.com>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 01/56] ACPICA: Resources: Not a valid
> resource if buffer length too long
> 
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 03:39:22PM +0000, Moore, Robert wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: alexander.levin@...izon.com
> >> [mailto:alexander.levin@...izon.com]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 6:46 PM
> >> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; stable@...r.kernel.org
> >> Cc: Moore, Robert <robert.moore@...el.com>; Zheng, Lv
> >> <lv.zheng@...el.com>; Wysocki, Rafael J <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>;
> >> alexander.levin@...izon.com
> >> Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 01/56] ACPICA: Resources: Not a valid
> >> resource if buffer length too long
> >>
> >> From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>
> >>
> >> [ Upstream commit 57707a9a7780fab426b8ae9b4c7b65b912a748b3 ]
> >>
> >> ACPICA commit 9f76de2d249b18804e35fb55d14b1c2604d627a1
> >> ACPICA commit b2e89d72ef1e9deefd63c3fd1dee90f893575b3a
> >> ACPICA commit 23b5bbe6d78afd3c5abf3adb91a1b098a3000b2e
> >>
> >> The declared buffer length must be the same as the length of the byte
> >> initializer list, otherwise not a valid resource descriptor.
> [snip]
> 
> >[Moore, Robert]
> >
> >Please explain what you are doing here.
> 
> Proposing this commit for the 4.9 LTS tree.

What problem are you trying to solve with this change? Are you seeing ACPI errors? If so what are they?

> 
> --
> 
> Thanks,
> Sasha