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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/nsprepkg.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsprepkg.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsprepkg.c
index a40155467d2..77cdd539de1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsprepkg.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsprepkg.c
@@ -112,9 +112,15 @@ acpi_ns_check_package(struct acpi_predefined_data *data,
elements = return_object->package.elements;
count = return_object->package.count;
- /* The package must have at least one element, else invalid */
-
+ /*
+ * Most packages must have at least one element. The only exception
+ * is the variable-length package (ACPI_PTYPE1_VAR).
+ */
if (!count) {
+ if (package->ret_info.type == ACPI_PTYPE1_VAR) {
+ return (AE_OK);
+ }
+
ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED((AE_INFO, data->pathname, data->node_flags,
"Return Package has no elements (empty)"));