union acpi_parse_object *parent;
union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc = NULL;
acpi_status status = AE_OK;
- acpi_native_uint i;
+ unsigned i;
u16 index;
u16 reference_count;
arg = arg->common.next;
}
- if (!arg) {
+ /* Check for match between num_elements and actual length of package_list */
+
+ if (arg) {
+ /*
+ * num_elements was exhausted, but there are remaining elements in the
+ * package_list.
+ *
+ * Note: technically, this is an error, from ACPI spec: "It is an error
+ * for NumElements to be less than the number of elements in the
+ * PackageList". However, for now, we just print an error message and
+ * no exception is returned.
+ */
+ while (arg) {
+
+ /* Find out how many elements there really are */
+
+ i++;
+ arg = arg->common.next;
+ }
+
+ ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+ "Package List length (%X) larger than NumElements count (%X), truncated\n",
+ i, element_count));
+ } else if (i < element_count) {
+ /*
+ * Arg list (elements) was exhausted, but we did not reach num_elements count.
+ * Note: this is not an error, the package is padded out with NULLs.
+ */
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
- "Package List length larger than NumElements count (%X), truncated\n",
- element_count));
+ "Package List length (%X) smaller than NumElements count (%X), padded with null elements\n",
+ i, element_count));
}
obj_desc->package.flags |= AOPOBJ_DATA_VALID;