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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstorob.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstorob.c
index 67340cc7014..fd11018b016 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstorob.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstorob.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
/******************************************************************************
*
* Module Name: exstorob - AML Interpreter object store support, store to object
@@ -6,7 +5,7 @@
*****************************************************************************/
/*
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2008, Intel Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2014, Intel Corp.
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -70,6 +69,12 @@ acpi_ex_store_buffer_to_buffer(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc,
ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_PTR(ex_store_buffer_to_buffer, source_desc);
+ /* If Source and Target are the same, just return */
+
+ if (source_desc == target_desc) {
+ return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
+ }
+
/* We know that source_desc is a buffer by now */
buffer = ACPI_CAST_PTR(u8, source_desc->buffer.pointer);
@@ -102,16 +107,16 @@ acpi_ex_store_buffer_to_buffer(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc,
#ifdef ACPI_OBSOLETE_BEHAVIOR
/*
* NOTE: ACPI versions up to 3.0 specified that the buffer must be
- * truncated if the string is smaller than the buffer. However, "other"
+ * truncated if the string is smaller than the buffer. However, "other"
* implementations of ACPI never did this and thus became the defacto
- * standard. ACPI 3.0_a changes this behavior such that the buffer
+ * standard. ACPI 3.0A changes this behavior such that the buffer
* is no longer truncated.
*/
/*
* OBSOLETE BEHAVIOR:
* If the original source was a string, we must truncate the buffer,
- * according to the ACPI spec. Integer-to-Buffer and Buffer-to-Buffer
+ * according to the ACPI spec. Integer-to-Buffer and Buffer-to-Buffer
* copy must not truncate the original buffer.
*/
if (original_src_type == ACPI_TYPE_STRING) {
@@ -161,6 +166,12 @@ acpi_ex_store_string_to_string(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc,
ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_PTR(ex_store_string_to_string, source_desc);
+ /* If Source and Target are the same, just return */
+
+ if (source_desc == target_desc) {
+ return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
+ }
+
/* We know that source_desc is a string by now */
buffer = ACPI_CAST_PTR(u8, source_desc->string.pointer);