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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/executer/exconvrt.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconvrt.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconvrt.c
index 890378e789a..1d1f35adddd 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconvrt.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconvrt.c
@@ -512,9 +512,14 @@ acpi_ex_convert_to_string(union acpi_operand_object * obj_desc,
/*
* Create a new string object and string buffer
* (-1 because of extra separator included in string_length from above)
+ * Allow creation of zero-length strings from zero-length buffers.
*/
+ if (string_length) {
+ string_length--;
+ }
+
return_desc = acpi_ut_create_string_object((acpi_size)
- (string_length - 1));
+ string_length);
if (!return_desc) {
return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NO_MEMORY);
}
@@ -537,7 +542,9 @@ acpi_ex_convert_to_string(union acpi_operand_object * obj_desc,
* Null terminate the string
* (overwrites final comma/space from above)
*/
- new_buf--;
+ if (obj_desc->buffer.length) {
+ new_buf--;
+ }
*new_buf = 0;
break;