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authorBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>2009-06-24 11:22:22 +0800
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2009-08-27 10:17:15 -0400
commitdbdc8f02fe8339686623c84745ba15b0f4f889a1 (patch)
tree2a79c64c8021b06014482e829c153de2b9a7f74c /drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
parent15b8dd53f5ffaf8e2d9095c423f713423f576c0f (diff)
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ACPICA: Fix possible memory leak in nspredef
Fixed a possible leak when an attempt is made to repair a return object. The only current repair is an automatic buffer to string conversion. Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c27
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
index 7f8e066..abbb855 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
@@ -1046,22 +1046,25 @@ acpi_ns_repair_object(u32 expected_btypes,
ACPI_MEMCPY(new_object->string.pointer,
return_object->buffer.pointer, length);
- /* Install the new return object */
-
- acpi_ut_remove_reference(return_object);
- *return_object_ptr = new_object;
-
/*
- * If the object is a package element, we need to:
- * 1. Decrement the reference count of the orignal object, it was
- * incremented when building the package
- * 2. Increment the reference count of the new object, it will be
- * decremented when releasing the package
+ * If the original object is a package element, we need to:
+ * 1. Set the reference count of the new object to match the
+ * reference count of the old object.
+ * 2. Decrement the reference count of the original object.
*/
if (package_index != ACPI_NOT_PACKAGE) {
- acpi_ut_remove_reference(return_object);
- acpi_ut_add_reference(new_object);
+ new_object->common.reference_count =
+ return_object->common.reference_count;
+
+ if (return_object->common.reference_count > 1) {
+ return_object->common.reference_count--;
+ }
}
+
+ /* Delete old object, install the new return object */
+
+ acpi_ut_remove_reference(return_object);
+ *return_object_ptr = new_object;
return (AE_OK);
default:
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