vendor/acpica/20160212

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/source/compiler/aslwalks.c b/source/compiler/aslwalks.c
index aa4f6eab3d9f4..a4e5a8cdd7671 100644
--- a/source/compiler/aslwalks.c
+++ b/source/compiler/aslwalks.c
@@ -859,10 +859,21 @@ AnAnalyzeStoreOperator (
     case PARSEOP_DEREFOF:
     case PARSEOP_REFOF:
     case PARSEOP_INDEX:
-    case PARSEOP_METHODCALL:
 
         return;
 
+    case PARSEOP_METHODCALL:
+        /*
+         * A target is not allowed to be a method call.
+         * It is not supported by the ACPICA interpreter, nor is it
+         * supported by the MS ASL compiler or the MS interpreter.
+         * Although legal syntax up until ACPI 6.1, support for this
+         * will be removed for ACPI 6.2 (02/2016)
+         */
+        AslError (ASL_ERROR, ASL_MSG_SYNTAX,
+            TargetOperandOp, "Illegal method invocation as a target operand");
+        return;
+
     default:
         break;
     }