linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/11] ACPICA: Improve warning message for "invalid ACPI name"

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Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2022 19:55:26 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bob Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 08/11] ACPICA: Improve warning message for "invalid ACPI name"

From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>

ACPICA commit 91bef8bea9cd69c33447ba1bfe2c4273994500fd

Added an underscore instead of an (illegal) *

Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/91bef8be
Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/acpica/utstring.c |   10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/acpica/utstring.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/acpica/utstring.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/acpica/utstring.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void acpi_ut_repair_name(char *name)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	ACPI_COPY_NAMESEG(&original_name, name);
+	ACPI_COPY_NAMESEG(&original_name, &name[0]);
 
 	/* Check each character in the name */
 
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ void acpi_ut_repair_name(char *name)
 
 		/*
 		 * Replace a bad character with something printable, yet technically
-		 * still invalid. This prevents any collisions with existing "good"
+		 * "odd". This prevents any collisions with existing "good"
 		 * names in the namespace.
 		 */
-		name[i] = '*';
+		name[i] = '_';
 		found_bad_char = TRUE;
 	}
 
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ void acpi_ut_repair_name(char *name)
 
 		if (!acpi_gbl_enable_interpreter_slack) {
 			ACPI_WARNING((AE_INFO,
-				      "Invalid character(s) in name (0x%.8X), repaired: [%4.4s]",
-				      original_name, name));
+				      "Invalid character(s) in name (0x%.8X) %p, repaired: [%4.4s]",
+				      original_name, name, &name[0]));
 		} else {
 			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
 					  "Invalid character(s) in name (0x%.8X), repaired: [%4.4s]",