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Diffstat (limited to 'source/components/dispatcher/dsutils.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | source/components/dispatcher/dsutils.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/source/components/dispatcher/dsutils.c b/source/components/dispatcher/dsutils.c index f41f6b2b2165..66eac34f1cc4 100644 --- a/source/components/dispatcher/dsutils.c +++ b/source/components/dispatcher/dsutils.c @@ -603,12 +603,14 @@ AcpiDsCreateOperand ( } else if (ParentOp->Common.AmlOpcode == AML_EXTERNAL_OP) { - /* TBD: May only be temporary */ - - ObjDesc = AcpiUtCreateStringObject ((ACPI_SIZE) NameLength); - - strncpy (ObjDesc->String.Pointer, NameString, NameLength); - Status = AE_OK; + /* + * This opcode should never appear here. It is used only + * by AML disassemblers and is surrounded by an If(0) + * by the ASL compiler. + * + * Therefore, if we see it here, it is a serious error. + */ + Status = AE_AML_BAD_OPCODE; } else { |