linux-kernel - [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: re-initialize acpi buffer size when reuse

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Date:   Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:20:25 +0800
From:   Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@...onical.com>
To:     aaron.ma@...onical.com, mapengyu@...il.com, ibm-acpi@....eng.br,
        dvhart@...radead.org, andy@...radead.org,
        ibm-acpi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: re-initialize acpi buffer size when reuse

Evaluating acpi _BCL could be failed, then acpi buffer size will be set
to 0. When reuse this acpi buffer, AE_BUFFER_OVERFLOW will be triggered.

Re-initialize buffer size will make acpi evaluate successfully.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index 9c4df41687a3..477d63c49c04 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -6829,8 +6829,10 @@ static int __init tpacpi_query_bcl_levels(acpi_handle handle)
 	list_for_each_entry(child, &device->children, node) {
 		acpi_status status = acpi_evaluate_object(child->handle, "_BCL",
 							  NULL, &buffer);
-		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+			buffer.length = ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER;
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		obj = (union acpi_object *)buffer.pointer;
 		if (!obj || (obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE)) {
-- 
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