ACPICA: Reduce error to warning for incorrect method arg count

Previously aborted with error if too few arguments were passed to
a control method via the external ACPICA interface. Now issue a
warning instead and continue. Handles the case where the method
inadvertently declares too many arguments, but does not actually
use the extra ones.  Applies mainly to the predefined methods.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11032

Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Lin Ming 2008-09-27 10:38:07 +08:00 committed by Len Brown
parent b68bacf225
commit 93851b4d13

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@ -148,21 +148,22 @@ acpi_status acpi_ns_evaluate(struct acpi_evaluate_info * info)
info->param_count++;
}
/* Error if too few arguments were passed in */
/*
* Warning if too few or too many arguments have been passed by the
* caller. We don't want to abort here with an error because an
* incorrect number of arguments may not cause the method to fail.
* However, the method will fail if there are too few arguments passed
* and the method attempts to use one of the missing ones.
*/
if (info->param_count < info->obj_desc->method.param_count) {
ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
ACPI_WARNING((AE_INFO,
"Insufficient arguments - "
"method [%4.4s] needs %d, found %d",
acpi_ut_get_node_name(info->resolved_node),
info->obj_desc->method.param_count,
info->param_count));
return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_MISSING_ARGUMENTS);
}
/* Just a warning if too many arguments */
else if (info->param_count >
} else if (info->param_count >
info->obj_desc->method.param_count) {
ACPI_WARNING((AE_INFO,
"Excess arguments - "