ACPICA: Add repair for bad _BIF/_BIX packages

Add a repair for the "Oem Information" field which is often
mistakenly returned as an integer. It should always be a string.
ACPICA BZ 807.

http://www.acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=807Signed-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>

drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c

@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ acpi_ns_repair_object(struct acpi_predefined_data *data,
 	union acpi_operand_object *new_object;
 	acpi_size length;
 
+	/*
+	 * At this point, we know that the type of the returned object was not
+	 * one of the expected types for this predefined name. Attempt to
+	 * repair the object. Only a limited number of repairs are possible.
+	 */
 	switch (return_object->common.type) {
 	case ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER:
 
@@ -111,6 +116,41 @@ acpi_ns_repair_object(struct acpi_predefined_data *data,
 		 */
 		ACPI_MEMCPY(new_object->string.pointer,
 			    return_object->buffer.pointer, length);
+		break;
+
+	case ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER:
+
+		/* Does the method/object legally return a string? */
+
+		if (expected_btypes & ACPI_RTYPE_STRING) {
+			/*
+			 * The only supported Integer-to-String conversion is to convert
+			 * an integer of value 0 to a NULL string. The last element of
+			 * _BIF and _BIX packages occasionally need this fix.
+			 */
+			if (return_object->integer.value != 0) {
+				return (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE);
+			}
+
+			/* Allocate a new NULL string object */
+
+			new_object = acpi_ut_create_string_object(0);
+			if (!new_object) {
+				return (AE_NO_MEMORY);
+			}
+		} else {
+			return (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE);
+		}
+		break;
+
+	default:
+
+		/* We cannot repair this object */
+
+		return (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE);
+	}
+
+	/* Object was successfully repaired */
 
 	/*
 	 * If the original object is a package element, we need to:
@@ -126,14 +166,19 @@ acpi_ns_repair_object(struct acpi_predefined_data *data,
 			return_object->common.reference_count--;
 		}
 
-			ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED((AE_INFO, data->pathname,
-					      data->node_flags,
-					      "Converted Buffer to expected String at index %u",
+		ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED((AE_INFO, data->pathname, data->node_flags,
+				      "Converted %s to expected %s at index %u",
+				      acpi_ut_get_object_type_name
+				      (return_object),
+				      acpi_ut_get_object_type_name(new_object),
 				      package_index));
 	} else {
-			ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED((AE_INFO, data->pathname,
-					      data->node_flags,
-					      "Converted Buffer to expected String"));
+		ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED((AE_INFO, data->pathname, data->node_flags,
+				      "Converted %s to expected %s",
+				      acpi_ut_get_object_type_name
+				      (return_object),
+				      acpi_ut_get_object_type_name
+				      (new_object)));
 	}
 
 	/* Delete old object, install the new return object */
@@ -142,12 +187,6 @@ acpi_ns_repair_object(struct acpi_predefined_data *data,
 	*return_object_ptr = new_object;
 	data->flags |= ACPI_OBJECT_REPAIRED;
 	return (AE_OK);
-
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE);
 }
 
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